Poet Heroines in Medieval French Narrative: Gender and Fictions of Literary Creation

Examining French literature from the medieval period, Findley revises our understanding of medieval literary composition as a largely masculine activity, suggesting instead that writing is seen in these texts as problematically gendered and often feminizing.

Author: B. Findley
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 11/29/2012
Pages: 267
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780230112582

About the Author
Brooke Heidenreich Findley is Assistant Professor of French and Women's Studies at Penn State Altoona, USA.