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Medieval Literature 1300-1500
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ISBN: 1283133105 9786613133106 0748634614 9780748634613 9781283133104 9780748634590 0748634592 9780748634606 0748634606 6613133108 Year: 2011 Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,

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Offers close readings of Middle English texts placed within the culture with which they interact.


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Monstrous Women in Middle English Romance : Representations of Mysterious Female Power
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ISBN: 0773430261 9780773430266 9780773437760 0773437762 Year: 2010 Publisher: Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press,

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This study treats the appearance of the monstrous woman in Middle English romance narratives as a self-conscious literary trope that reflects on, and often criticizes, the grounds of philosophical, cultural, and narrative discourse that place women both inside and outside medieval culture, constructing them as Other by biological and social difference yet relying on them for the reproduction and healthy maintenance of the male-governed social order. Building on current monster theory and adding to research on medieval women in literature, this study reclaims the Middle English romance as a sop

The art of the Gawain-poet
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ISBN: 1281783528 9786611783525 056735802X 9780567358028 048512050X 9780485120509 9781281783523 6611783520 048511173X 9780485120509 9780485111736 Year: 1978 Publisher: London [Atlantic Highlands] N.J. Athlone Press [Distributed by] Humanities Press

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Starting from the assumption that 'Pearl', 'Purity', 'Patience' and 'Sir Gawain and the Green knight' are by one poet, W.A. Davenport seeks to define the nature of his art. He makes a close analysis of each poem, considering the four not so much in their historical context as for their immediate poetic effect.

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