Isbn: 9780199232239 - Gender, Writing, and Performance: Men Defending Women in Late Medieval France (1440-1538) (oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs) (7 results)

Condition: New. Helen Swift examines late-medieval and early-modern French imaginative literature written by men in defence of women of great popularity in its own time - including catalogues of virtuous women, allegorical narratives, and debate poems. Series: Oxford Modern Language and Literature Monographs. Num Pages: 304 pages, 24 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: ACND; DSBB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538. . 2008. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Condition: New. Helen Swift examines late-medieval and early-modern French imaginative literature written by men in defence of women of great popularity in its own time - including catalogues of virtuous women, allegorical narratives, and debate poems. Series: Oxford Modern Language and Literature Monographs. Num Pages: 304 pages, 24 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: ACND; DSBB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538. . 2008. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . .…

Hardcover. dj. Illustrated. Minor shelf wear. Else a bright, clean copy. This book explores the poetics of literary defences of women written by men in late-medieval and early-modern France. It fills an important lacuna in studies of this polemic in imaginative literature by bridging the gap between Christine de Pizan and a later generation of women writers and male, Neo-Platonist writers who have recently all received due critical attention. Whereas male-authored defences composed between 1440 and 1538 have previously been dismissed as 'insincere' or'mere intellectual games', Swift formulates reading strategies to overcome such critical stumbling blocks and engage with the particular rhetorical and historical contexts of these works. Edited and as yet unedited texts by Martin Le Franc, Jacques Milet, Pierre Michault, and Jean Bouchet-catalogues ofwomen, allegorical narratives, and debate poems-are brought together and analysed in detail for the first time in order to explore, for example, how such works address the misogynistic spectre of Jean de Meun's Roman de la rose.The book seeks to understand the contemporary popularity of the case for women (la querelle des femmes) as literary subject matter. It investigates the publication history across this period, from manuscript to print, of Le Franc's Le Champion des dames. Swift further aims to show how these texts hold interest for modern audiences. A nexus of theoretical concerns centred on performance - Judith Butler's gender performativity, Derrida's re-working of Austin's linguisticperformativity through spectrality, and dramatic performance - is enlisted to articulate the interpretative engagement expected by querelle writers of their audience. The reading strategies proposed foster a nuanced and enriched perspective on the question of a male author's 'sincerity' when writing in defence of women.…

hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. dj. 1st Edition. Cloth, dj. Minor shelf wear.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:9780199232239.…

Hardback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. 24 illustrations. ISBN: 0-19-923223-7 Pages: 288 Fine in fine dust wrapper.

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