Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


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1. Record Number: 4976
Author(s): Rowland, Beryl.
Contributor(s):
Title : Chaucer's "Duchess" and Chess [The author searches for meaning in the material referring to chess in the "Book of the Duchess;" she argues that Chaucer used the twelve "ferses" to refer to the signs of the zodiac].
Source: Florilegium , 16., ( 1999):  Pages 41 - 59.
Year of Publication: 1999.
2. Record Number: 20793
Author(s): Hendershot, Cyndy
Contributor(s):
Title : Male Subjectivity, "Fin Amor," and Melancholia in "The Book of the Duchess"
Source: Mediaevalia , 21., ( 1996):  Pages 1 - 26.
Year of Publication: 1996.
3. Record Number: 7416
Author(s): Anderson, J. J.
Contributor(s):
Title : The Man in Black, Machaut's Knight, and Their Ladies [The author argues that Machaut's poetic descriptions provide sources for Blanche and the Black Knight in Chaucer's "Book of the Duchess." Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: English Studies , 73., 1 ( 1992):  Pages 417 - 430.
Year of Publication: 1992.
4. Record Number: 10756
Author(s): Allen, Valerie.
Contributor(s):
Title : Blaunche on Top and Alisoun on Bottom [The author explores Chaucer's use of "descriptio" to characterize Blaunche and Alisoun. With Blaunche the physical characteristics confirm her virtuous moral qualities, while Alisoun's carnality givers her a certain autonomy. 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. English Studies , 73., 1 ( 1992):  Pages 23 - 29.
Year of Publication: 1992.
5. Record Number: 12871
Author(s): Kessel-Brown, Deirdre.
Contributor(s):
Title : The Emotional Landscape of the Forest in the Mediaeval Love Lament [The author discusses medieval landscape symbolism, focusing on the use of the forest in love laments. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Medium Ævum , 59., 2 ( 1990):  Pages 228 - 247.
Year of Publication: 1990.