Women and the Medieval Epic
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Women and the Medieval Epic

Gender, Genre, and the Limits of Epic Masculinity

S. Poor, J. Schulman

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Women and the Medieval Epic

Gender, Genre, and the Limits of Epic Masculinity

S. Poor, J. Schulman

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These essays explore the place, function and meaning of women as characters, authors, constructs and symbols in Medieval epics from Persia, Spain, France, England, Germany and Scandinavia. Usually believed to narrate the deeds of men at war, this book looks at the key roles often played by women and the impact of this on the history of gender.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2016
ISBN
9781137066374
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Medieval & Early Modern Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Notes on Contributors
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 Winning Women in Two Middle English Alexander Poems
  9. 2 Surprisingly Historical Women in the Old French Cmsade Cycle
  10. 3 Women in the Shahnameh: Exotics and Natives, Rebellious Legends, and Dutiful Histories
  11. 4 Women Characters and the Limits of Patriarchy in the Poema De Mio Cid and Mocedades de Rodrigo
  12. 5 What Hrotsvit Did to Virgil: Expanding the Boundaries of the Classical Epic in Tenth-Century Ottonian Saxony
  13. 6 All About Eve: Memory and Re-Collection in Junius 11 's Epic Poems Genesis and Christ and Satan
  14. 7 Ethical Acts and Annihilation: Feminine Heroics in Girart de Roussillon
  15. 8 Caught between Worlds: Gendering the Maiden Warrior in Old Norse
  16. 9 "A Guest is in the Hall": Women, Feasts, and Violence in Icelandic Epic
  17. 10 Monstrous Mates: The Leading Ladies of the Nibelungcnlied and Viilsunga Saga
  18. 11 Perfonnative Emotion and the Politics of Gender in the Nibelungenlied
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index
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APA 6 Citation

Poor, S., & Schulman, J. (2016). Women and the Medieval Epic ([edition unavailable]). Palgrave Macmillan US. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/3498801/women-and-the-medieval-epic-gender-genre-and-the-limits-of-epic-masculinity-pdf (Original work published 2016)

Chicago Citation

Poor, S, and J Schulman. (2016) 2016. Women and the Medieval Epic. [Edition unavailable]. Palgrave Macmillan US. https://www.perlego.com/book/3498801/women-and-the-medieval-epic-gender-genre-and-the-limits-of-epic-masculinity-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Poor, S. and Schulman, J. (2016) Women and the Medieval Epic. [edition unavailable]. Palgrave Macmillan US. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/3498801/women-and-the-medieval-epic-gender-genre-and-the-limits-of-epic-masculinity-pdf (Accessed: 15 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Poor, S, and J Schulman. Women and the Medieval Epic. [edition unavailable]. Palgrave Macmillan US, 2016. Web. 15 Oct. 2022.