| Author | : S. Poor |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 307 |
| Release | : 2016-04-30 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1137066377 |
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.
| Author | : Lucy A. Sponsler |
| Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
| Total Pages | : 141 |
| Release | : 2014-07-15 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0813164532 |
The culture of medieval Spain was anything nut homogeneous. It varied not only through time, with the approach of the Renaissance, but also geographically, with great differences between north and south. In this study, author Lucy A. Sponsler illuminates the role of women during this interesting period by exploring their portrayal in literature. Women in the Medieval Spanish Epic and Lyric Traditions examines the various ways in which women were portrayed in the formative years of medieval society, as well as the development of these views as new social mores evolved. Employing a thorough examination of the literature, Sponsler reveals that a high degree of respect was demonstrated toward women in Spanish prose and poetry of this period. Her study sheds new light on the role of women in relation to men, family, and social organization in medieval Spain.
| Author | : Jacqueline de Weever |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 2013-05-13 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 113482677X |
Exploring how the depiction of otherness or alterity during the Middle Ages became problematic in the aesthetics of the Romance epics written during the centuries of the Crusades, this book offers a vital contribution to the growing interest in the way foreign women are presented in the texts of the Latin West and will be of consuming interest to students in women's studies, cultural studies, and medieval literature.The texts considered are written in the major European languages of the time and range from the Song of Songs through Geoffrey of Vinsauf's Poetria Nova to such epics and romances as Erec et Enide,Doon de Maience, Fierabras, La Prise d'Orange, Ars Versificatoria, The Sowdone of Babylone, and Parzifal.
| Author | : Rosmarie Thee Morewedge |
| Publisher | : SUNY Press |
| Total Pages | : 216 |
| Release | : 1975-01-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9780873952743 |
Compiled to complement a television course: Lets learn Japanese.
| Author | : Marcelle Thiébaux |
| Publisher | : Psychology Press |
| Total Pages | : 568 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9780815313922 |
"Royal and saintly women are well-represented here, with the welcome addition of women from the Mediterranean arc...Garland has done a solid job of presenting this book." -- Arthuriana "The Anthology gives a fine sense of the great range of women's writing in the Middle Ages." -- Medium Aevum
| Author | : Kari A. Cornell |
| Publisher | : ABDO |
| Total Pages | : 115 |
| Release | : 2016-08-15 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1680774697 |
This title explores the many roles women played during the Civil War as nurses, community organizers, and even soldiers on the front lines. Gripping narrative text, historic photographs, and primary sources make the book perfect for report writing. Features include a glossary, additional resources, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and essential facts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
| Author | : Kevin J. Harty |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 217 |
| Release | : 2020-04-02 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1476668442 |
In this first ever book-length treatment, 11 scholars with a variety of backgrounds in medieval studies, film studies, and medievalism discuss how historical and fictional medieval women have been portrayed on film and their connections to the feminist movements of the 20th and 21st centuries. From detailed studies of the portrayal of female desire and sexuality, to explorations of how and when these women gain agency, these essays look at the different ways these women reinforce, defy, and complicate traditional gender roles. Individual essays discuss the complex and sometimes conflicting cinematic treatments of Guinevere, Morgan Le Fay, Isolde, Maid Marian, Lady Godiva, Heloise, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and Joan of Arc. Additional essays discuss the women in Fritz Lang's The Nibelungen, Liv Ullmann's Kristin Lavransdatter, and Bertrand Tavernier's La Passion Beatrice.
| Author | : Eleonora Stoppino |
| Publisher | : Fordham Univ Press |
| Total Pages | : 281 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0823240371 |
Genealogies of Fiction is a study of gender, dynastic politics, and intertextuality in medieval and renaissance chivalric epic, focused on Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso. Relying on the direct study of manuscripts and incunabula, this project challenges the fixed distinction between medieval and early modern texts and reclaims medieval popular epic as a key source for the Furioso. Tracing the formation of the character of the warrior woman, from the Amazon to Bradamante, the book analyzes the process of gender construction in early modern Italy. By reading the tension between the representations of women as fighters, lovers, and mothers, this study shows how the warrior woman is a symbolic center for the construction of legitimacy in the complex web of fears and expectations of the Northern Italian Renaissance court.
