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Record Number: 9321 Author(s)/Creator(s): Townsend , David. Contributor(s): Title: Sex and the Single Amazon in Twelfth-Century Latin Epic Source: The Tongue of the Fathers: Gender and Ideology in Twelfth-Century Latin.  Edited by David Townsend and Andrew Taylor.  University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998.  Pages 136 - 155. Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Amazons Body Gautier of Chatillon, Poet- Alexandreis Gender in Literature Latin Literature Literature- Verse Sexuality in Literature Talestris (Literary Figure) Women in Literature Award Note: Geographic Area: France Century: 12 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: Related Resources: In Sex and the Single Amazon in Twelfth-Century Latin Epic", David Townsend offers a queer (and Lacanian) reading of Walter of Chatillon's Alexandreis(of which he has also published a highly readable and highly acclaimed verse translation). Reading very c Author's Affiliation: University of Toronto Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 1998. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 0812234405

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