Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 7090
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Monroe , James T.
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  • Title: Quarrels, Rivals, and Rape: Gower and Chaucer [The author argues that the tradition of a quarrel between Chaucer and Gower simply valorizes aggression. Dinshaw suggests instead that Gower's texts should be read along with Chaucer's to avoid violent denigration of the female. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: A Wyf Ther Was: Essays in Honour of Paule Mertens-Fonck.  Edited by Juliette Dor.  English Department, University of Liège, 1992.  Pages 112 - 122.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Aggression Chaucer, Geoffrey, Poet Gender in Literature Gower, John, Poet Literature- Verse Rape in Literature
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 14
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley
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  • Year of Publication: 1992.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 2872330046