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Record Number:
8403
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Brown , Catherine.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Muliebriter: Doing Gender in the Letters of Heloise [argues that Heloise adopts a number of gendered personae in her letters, including whore, castrata, and hypocrite in order to assert her mastery over Abelard].
Source:
Gender and Text in the Later Middle Ages. Edited by Jane Chance. University Press of Florida, 1996. Pages 25 - 51.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Gender in Literature
Heloise, Abbess of Le Paraclet- Letters
Latin Literature
Rhetoric
Women in Literature
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
France
Century:
12
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Catherine Brown, on the other hand, argues that Heloise deliberately chose a form of female discourse in her defense against Abelard's impositions. Nowhere does Brown consider the possibility that there might be a problem with authenticity; instead she pu
Author's Affiliation:
University of Michigan
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
1996.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0813013917