Poet heroines in medieval French narrative : gender and fictions of literary creation / Brooke Heidenreich Findley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Findley, Brooke Heidenreich, 1972-

Series:

New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))

The new Middle Ages

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French literature--To 1500--History and criticism.

French literature.

Women poets in literature.

French literature--To 1500--Authorship.

Women and literature--France--History--To 1500.

Women and literature.

Authorship.

France.

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 267 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

Studies of women and writing frequently take historical woman authors as their starting point. Poet Heroines in Medieval French Narrative proposes a different approach, looking instead at the numerous fictional female characters of 13th-15th-century French narrative who are portrayed as composing and performing poetry, and whose gendered literary activity links writing, singing, the body, and performance. Such figures represent a promising new area of exploration in women's literary history, one based on the texts themselves rather than the uncertain circumstances of their composition. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: authors, writers, singers, and women: gendering literary creation in medieval French culture

From minstrel heroine to poet heroine: the thirteenth century and beyond. Singing from a woman's body: minstrel heroines as performers and texts; The parrot and the swan: performance and composition in Sone de Nansay

Dangerous muses: Toute Belle and her sisters in the fourteenth century dit ; Competing perspectives: Guillaume de Machaut's Voir dit; A contemporary reaction to the Voir dit: deadly words and captive imaginations in Jean Froissart's Prison amoureuse

Women at the origins: fifteenth century prose romance. Verbal prowess: women's artistry and men's chivalry in Perceforest; Women writers and the monstrous author in Ysaÿe le Triste

Conclusion: what about Christine?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230112582

0230112587

OCLC:

795759237