The Romance of Adultery : Queenship and Sexual Transgression in Old French Literature /

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Peggy McCracken offers a feminist historicist reading of Guenevere, Iseut, and other adulterous queens of Old French literature, and situates romance narratives about queens and their lovers within the broader cultural debate about the institution of queenship in twelfth- and thirteenth-century Fran...

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Autor principal: McCracken, Peggy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Romances.
Queens in literature.
French literature.
Adultery in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Roman courtois > Histoire et critique.
Litterature française > Jusqu'à 1500 > Histoire et critique.
Romances > History and criticism.
French literature > To 1500 > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Defining Queenship in Medieval Europe; Chapter 1. Royal Succession and the Queen's Two Bodies; Chapter 2. Royal Sovereignty and the Test of the Queen's Body; Chapter 3. Rumors, Rivalries, and the Queen's Secret Adultery; Chapter 4. Adultery, Illegitimacy, and Royal Maternity; Chapter 5. Seduction, Maternity, and Royal Authority; Conclusion: Gendering Sovereignty in Medieval France; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

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