Monstrous women in middle english romance: representations of mysterious female power
Auteur :
Urban, Misty
Éditeur :
The Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
ISBN :
9780773437760
Date de publication :
1 nov. 2009
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Building on monster theory and adding to research on medieval women in literature, this study reclaims the Middle English romance as a sophisticated literary strategy that, in its narrative reflexivity - and its use of a fictionalized thirdspace - reveals how medieval rhetoric essentially makes women into monsters.