Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 6791
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Nelson , Jan A.
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  • Title: Abbreviated Style and les "Lais" de Marie de France [The author argues that Marie de France's rhetorical use of "abreviatio" (a term that emerged in twelfth-century theoretical treatises on rhetoric) is the most significant aspect of her compositional style, and shows her to be a sophisticated writer. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Romance Quarterly 39, 2 (May 1992): Pages 131 - 143.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Geoffrey of Vinsauf, Rhetorician and Author Literature- Theory Literature- Verse Marie de France, Poet- Lais Rhetoric Women Authors
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles;France
  • Century: 12
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Alabama
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  • Year of Publication: 1992.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 08831157