Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 7713
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Paxson , James J.
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  • Title: Gender Personified, Personification Gendered, and the Body Figuralized in "Piers Plowman" [The author first considers the tradition of personifications embodied as females and then argues that the gender of Meed and Anima are key feature in Langland's allegory].
  • Source: Yearbook of Langland Studies 12, ( 1998): Pages 65 - 96.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal article
  • Subject (See Also): Anima (Literary Figure) Body Gender in Literature Grammar Langland, William, Poet- Piers Plowman Literature- Verse Personification Rhetoric Semiotics Sexuality in Literature
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 14
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Florida
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  • Year of Publication: 1998.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 08902917