Monstrous Women in Middle English Romance : Representations of Mysterious Female Power.

By:

Urban, Misty

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (295 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780773430266
0773430261

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Monstrous Women in Middle English Romance : Representations of Mysterious Female Power.DDC classification:

820.9/3522 820.93522

LOC classification:

PR321 .U73 2010

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Contents:

MONSTROUS WOMEN IN MIDDLE ENGLISH ROMANCE: Representations of Mysterious Female Power; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Monsters, Women, and the Work of Romance; Chapter 1 -- The Fate of Melusine in England; Chapter 2 -- Melusine's Monstrosity; Chapter 3 -- The Rehabilitation of Medea; Chapter 4 -- Exiled Queens and Monstrous Matriarchs; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Summary: 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.

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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.