Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 18745
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Brown , Russell E.
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  • Title: Pregnancy in Classical and Medieval Literature [The author notes the absence of pregnancy in Arthurian romances and compares it to a similar lack in Greek epic and drama. Brown suggests the genres' emphases on the ideal and on timelessness may account for pregnancies not being depicted. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Neophilologus 75, ( 1991): Pages 321 - 326.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Arthurian Literature Literature- Verse Pregnancy in Literature Romance, Literary Genre
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  • Geographic Area: General
  • Century: General
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  • Year of Publication: 1991.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00282677