Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 9505
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Watt , Diane.
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  • Title: Literary Geneaology, Virile Rhetoric, and John Gower's "Confessio Amantis" ["In this article, my primary concern will be with the way in which Gower's construction of rhetoric can be seen to be both gendered and sexualized, especially when read alongside other classical and medieval discussions of the subject." page 392].
  • Source: Philological Quarterly 78, 4 (Fall 1999): Pages 389 - 415.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Effeminacy in Literature Gower, John, Poet- Confessio Amantis Homosexuality in Literature Literature- Verse Masculinity in Literature Rhetoric Sodomy in Literature
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 14
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Wales, Aberystwyth
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  • Year of Publication: 1999.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00317977