Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 10084
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Gilmore , Gloria Thomas.
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  • Title: Marie de France's "Bisclavret": What the Werewolf Will and Will Not Wear ["This chapter will attempt to unravel that tangled tension in the story of 'Bisclavret,' where there are two opposing functions of clothing: to confine in a social role or identity imposed from without , or to express a self-definition, chosen or generated from within." Page 67.].
  • Source: Encountering Medieval Textiles and Dress: Objects, Texts, Images.  Edited by Désirée G. Koslin and Janet E. Snyder.  Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.  Pages 67 - 84.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Clothing in Literature Literature- Verse Marie de France, Poet- Lais- Bisclavret Self in Literature Social Roles in Literature
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles;France
  • Century: 12
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  • Author's Affiliation: Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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  • Year of Publication: 2002.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0312293771