Women and the Medieval Epic: Gender, Genre, and the Limits of Epic Masculinity by Poor, S.

Women and the Medieval Epic: Gender, Genre, and the Limits of Epic Masculinity (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781403966025)

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Women and the Medieval Epic: Gender, Genre, and the Limits of Epic Masculinity by Poor, S.

Women and the Medieval Epic: Gender, Genre, and the Limits of Epic Masculinity

$129.99
Women and the Medieval Epic: Gender, Genre, and the Limits of Epic Masculinity by Poor, S.

Women and the Medieval Epic: Gender, Genre, and the Limits of Epic Masculinity

$129.99
Format: Hardcover
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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.

Author: S. Poor, J. Schulman
ISBN-10: 1403966028
ISBN-13: 9781403966025
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 06/05/2007
Pages: 299
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 8.50h x 6.44w x 0.89d
By S. Poor
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SARA S. POOR is Assistant Professor of Medieval German Literature at Princeton University, USA.

JANA K. SCHULMAN is Associate Professor of Old English and Old Norse at Western Michigan University, USA.

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