Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 8590
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Sturges , Robert S.
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  • Title: The Construction of Heterosexual Desire in Gottfried von Strassburg's "Tristan" [The author argues for a reading of same-sex erotics in King Mark's feelings for Tristan and a heterosexual hegemony in Mark's lukewarm marriage to Isolde].
  • Source: Exemplaria: A Journal of Theory in Medieval and Renaissance Studies 10, 2 (Fall 1998): Pages 243 - 269.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Gottfried von Strassburg, Poet- Tristan Homosexuality in Literature Literature- Verse Mark, King (Literary Figure) Sexuality in Literature
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  • Geographic Area: Germany
  • Century: 13
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of New Orleans
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  • Year of Publication: 1998.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 10412573