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  1. Monstrous Women in Middle English Romance
    Representations of Mysterious Female Power
    Author: Urban, Misty
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston

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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0773430261; 0773437762; 9780773430266; 9780773437760
    Subjects: English literature / Middle English, 1100-1500 / History and criticism; Monsters in literature; Romances, English / History and criticism; Women in literature; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Romances, English; English literature; Women in literature; Monsters in literature; Frau <Motiv>; Romance; Mittelenglisch; Ungeheuer
    Scope: 1 online resource (295 pages)
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    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

    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
  2. Monstrous women in Middle English romance
    representations of mysterious female power
    Published: c2010
    Publisher:  Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, N.Y

    Monsters, Women, and the Work of Romance -- The Fate of Melusine in England -- Melusine's Monstrosity -- The Rehabilitation of Medea -- Exiled Queens and Monstrous Matriarchs more

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    Hochschule Aalen, Bibliothek
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    Hochschule Esslingen, Bibliothek
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    Saarländische Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek
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    Universitätsbibliothek der Eberhard Karls Universität
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    Monsters, Women, and the Work of Romance -- The Fate of Melusine in England -- Melusine's Monstrosity -- The Rehabilitation of Medea -- Exiled Queens and Monstrous Matriarchs

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0773430261; 9780773430266
    Subjects: Romances, English; English literature; Monsters in literature; Women in literature; Women in literature; Monsters in literature; Romances, English; English literature; LITERARY CRITICISM ; European ; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; English literature ; Middle English; Monsters in literature; Romances, English; Women in literature; English; Languages & Literatures; English Literature; Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Scope: Online Ressource (ix, 277 p.), col. ill.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record

    Monsters, Women, and the Work of RomanceThe Fate of Melusine in England -- Melusine's Monstrosity -- The Rehabilitation of Medea -- Exiled Queens and Monstrous Matriarchs.