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  • Record Number: 2827
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Leshock , David B.
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  • Title: The Knight of the Werewolf: "Bisclavret" and the Shape-Shifting Metaphor [The author argues that Marie uses the werewolf figure to satirize the violence inherent in the figure of the knight].
  • Source: Romance Quarterly 46, 3 (Summer 1999): Pages 155 - 165.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Knights in Literature Literature- Verse Marie de France, Poet- Lais- Bisclavret Metaphor, Literary Device Werewolves
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles;France
  • Century: 12
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  • Author's Affiliation: Duquesne University
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  • Year of Publication: 1999.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 08831157