Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


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1. Record Number: 7348
Author(s): Donovan, Leslie A.
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Title : The Valkyrie Reflex in J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings": Galadriel, Shelob, Eowyn and Arwen" [Much of J. R. R. Tolkien's work reflects his life-long interest in Germanic literatures. Heroic women of Germanic myth and legend can be found reflected, directly or indirectly, in Galadriel, Arwen and Eowyn. Shelob can be seen as their opposite. Certain aspects of the depiction of these characters are based on the valkyries, with their good and bad aspects in myth. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
Source: Tolkien the Medievalist.   Edited by Jane Chance .   Routledge, 2003.  Pages 106 - 132.
Year of Publication: 2003.
2. Record Number: 11152
Author(s): Hill, Thomas D.
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Title : Haliurunnas, Helrunan, and the History of Grendel's Mother
Source: Old English Newsletter , 34., 3 (Spring 2001): Appendix A: Abstracts of Papers in Anglo-Saxon Studies. Conference paper presented at the Thirty-Sixth International Congress on Medieval Studies, the Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University, May 3-6, 2001, Nineteenth Symposium on the Sources of A
Year of Publication: 2001.
3. Record Number: 10122
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Title : Consequential Actions/ Marginality and Perversion: Breaking the Man-Monster Binary in "Beowulf"
Source: Old English Newsletter , 33., 3 (Spring 2000): Paper presented at the Thirty-Fifth International Congress on Medieval Studies, The Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University, May 4-7, 2000, Session 347: "Beowulf I."
Year of Publication: 2000.
4. Record Number: 10121
Author(s): Trilling, Renée R.
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Title : The Monster's Mother: Maternity, Femininity and Alterity in "Beowulf"
Source: Old English Newsletter , 33., 3 (Spring 2000): Paper presented at the Thirty-Fifth International Congress on Medieval Studies, The Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University, May 4-7, 2000, Session 347: "Beowulf I."
Year of Publication: 2000.
5. Record Number: 10123
Author(s): Peach, Bridget.
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Title : The Suppression of the Powerful, Avenging Woman in "Beowulf": Beowulf's Encounter with Grendel's Mother
Source: Old English Newsletter , 33., 3 (Spring 2000): Paper presented at the Thirty-Fifth International Congress on Medieval Studies, The Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University, May 4-7, 2000, Session 347: "Beowulf I."
Year of Publication: 2000.
6. Record Number: 3250
Author(s): Aström, Berit.
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Title : The Creation of the Anglo-Saxon Woman [brief study of three cases in which scholars have minimized or misinterpreted the role of Anglo-Saxon women: Grendel's mother, the "Wife's Lament," and the excavation of two women in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery, one of whom may have been raped].
Source: Studia Neophilologica , 70., 1 ( 1998):  Pages 25 - 34.
Year of Publication: 1998.
7. Record Number: 3611
Author(s): Hala, James.
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Title : The Parturition of Poetry and the Birthing of Culture: The Ides Aglaecwif and Beowulf [an analysis of Grendel's mother].
Source: Exemplaria: A Journal of Theory in Medieval and Renaissance Studies , 10., 1 (Spring 1998):  Pages 29 - 50.
Year of Publication: 1998.
8. Record Number: 992
Author(s): Menzer, Melinda J.
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Title : Aglaecwif ("Beowulf" 1259A): Implications for "-Wif" Compounds, Grendel's Mother, and Other "Aglaecan"
Source: English Language Notes , 34., 1 (Sept. 1996):  Pages 1 - 6.
Year of Publication: 1996.
9. Record Number: 495
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Title : Grendelle: The Dead Mother in "Beowulf" [Thirtieth International Congress on Medieval Studies, the Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University, May 4-7, 1995. Thirtieth Symposium on the Sources of Anglo- Saxon Culture, co- sponsered by the Institute and CEMERS, Binghamton University. Session 40.]
Source: Old English Newsletter , 28., 3 (Spring 1995):
Year of Publication: 1995.
10. Record Number: 1408
Author(s): Taylor, Keith P.
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Title : Beowulf1259a: The Inherent Nobility of Grendel's Mother [meaning of the phrase "ides aglaecwif].
Source: English Language Notes , 31., 3 (March 1994):  Pages 13 - 25.
Year of Publication: 1994.
11. Record Number: 7420
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Title : The Issue of Feminine Monstrosity: A Reevaluation of Grendel's Mother [The author argues that labeling Grendel's mother "monstrous" is a relatively recent trend, originating not in the text itself (which calls her a "lady" and a "warrior"), but in translations and literary critical treatments of the text. The author argues that Grendel's mother was considered terrible because she violated gender norms. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Comitatus , 23., ( 1992):  Pages 1 - 16.
Year of Publication: 1992.