Gender in Debate from the Early Middle Ages to the Renaissance

Fenster Thelma Lees Clare A.

ISBN 10: 0312232446 / ISBN 13: 9780312232443

Published by MacMillan, 2002

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pp. vi + 292 Illus.

Seller Inventory # 5075140

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gender in Debate from the Early Middle Ages to the Renaissance
• Publisher: MacMillan
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312232446
• ISBN 13: 9780312232443
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Modern scholarship generally treats the "debate about women" (querelle des femmes) as a late medieval phenomenon, perhaps touched upon by canonic authors like Chaucer but truly begun by Christine de Pizan (1364-1429), and therefore primarily of English and French origin. That emphasis has obscured the ways in which both writers were participating in a much wider, much older cultural phenomenon with varied and intractable roots. Articles in this collection explore how gender is put into debate in Anglo-Saxon, German, Spanish and Italian cultures, and they re-examine French and Middle English debate literature. The collection is carefully planned to be accessible to students seeking an idea of the debate's motifs and contours while maintaining the high level of issue involvement necessary to commanding a more seasoned audience. Contributors include Pamela Benson, Alcuin Blamires, Margaret Franklin, Roberta Krueger, Clare Lees and Gillian Overing, Ann Matter, Karen Pratt, Helen Solterer, Julian Weiss, and Barbara Weissberger.

About the Author

THELMA FENSTER is Professor of French in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Fordham University.

CLAIRE LEES is Associate Professor in the Department of English and Program in Comparative Literature at the University of Oregon.