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Record Number:
17870
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Holten , Kathryn I.
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Title:
Metamorphosis and Language in the Lay of "Bisclavret" [The author shows that Marie uses the image of the domesticated werewolf to both awaken and soothe cultural anxieties regarding feudalism (a system which relies upon language codes to function). Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
In Quest of Marie de France: A Twelfth-Century Poet. Edited by Chantal A. Marechal. Edwin Mellen Press, 1992. Pages 193 - 211.
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Article Type:
Essay
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:
Animals in Literature
Language
Literature- Verse
Marie de France, Poet- Lais- Bisclavret
Transformation in Literature
Werewolves
Wolf, Image of
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
France
Century:
12
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Year of Publication:
1992.
Language:
English
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