Gender and Genre in Medieval French Literature
- ISBN-10
- 0521464943
- ISBN-13
- 9780521464949
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 372
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995-05-11
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Authors
- Simon Gaunt, Professor of French Language and Literature Simon Gaunt
Description
Wide-ranging study of gender and the underlying ideologies of Old French and Occitan literature.
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