Gender and Genre in Medieval French Literature

by Simon Gaunt

Book Overview

This wide-ranging study explores the ideological framework of genre in Old French and Occitan literature by charting the relationship between ideology and gender in five key genres: the chansons de geste, courtly romance, the Occitan canso, hagiography and the fabliaux. Simon Gaunt offers new readings of canonical Old French and medieval Occitan texts such as the Chanson de Roland, Chr tien de Troyes' Chevalier de la charrete, and lyrics by Bernart...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521022606
• ISBN13: 9780521022606
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"