Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


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1. Record Number: 2522
Author(s): Freccero, Carla.
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Title : From Amazon to Court Lady: Generic Hybridization in Boccaccio's "Teseida" [analyzes feminine resistance and domestication as represented by Ipolita, Emilia, and the goddess Diana; also argues that Boccaccio combines the genres of heroic epic and courtly romance].
Source: Comparative Literature Studies , 32., 2 ( 1995):  Pages 226 - 243.
Year of Publication: 1995.

2. Record Number: 7347
Author(s): McInerney, Maud Burnett.
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Title : Chaucerian Ritual and Patriarchal Romance [The author argues that in adapting Boccaccio's Teseida, Chaucer marginalizes its female characters, and, as a result, masculinizes his own narrative romance, "The Knight's Tale." Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Chaucer Yearbook , 1., ( 1992):  Pages 65 - 86.
Year of Publication: 1992.