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Record Number:
6927
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Hayward , Rebecca.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Between the Living and the Dead: Widows as Heroines of Medieval Romances
Source:
Constructions of Widowhood and Virginity in the Middle Ages. Edited by Cindy L. Carlson and Angela Jane Weisl. St. Martin's Press, 1999. Pages 221 - 243.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Boccaccio, Giovanni, Author- Filostrato
Chasitity in Literature
Chaucer, Geoffrey, Poet- Troilus and Criseyde
Chretien de Troyes, Poet- Yvain
Literature- Verse
Misogyny in Literature
Roman de Thebes, Prose Romance
Romance, Literary Genre
Widows in Literat
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles;France;Italy
Century:
12, 14
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Abstract:
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Rebecca Hayward argues in Between the Living and the Dead: Widows as Heroines of Medieval Romance" that the widowed heroines of the twelfth- century Roman de Thebesand Chretien de Troyes' Yvainwere constructed in opposition to a long-standing literary tra
Author's Affiliation:
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
1999.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0312211368