1st Edition
Gender Transgressions Crossing The Normative Barrier in Old French Literature
First published in 1998 this collection, comprising nine critical essays from prominent and emerging medievalists, seeks to explore the different ways in which French authors of the Middle Ages transgress normative social and cultural codes in their literary works.
I. Rape, Redemption, and the Grateful Dead: Richars li biaus II. When a Rose Is not a Rose: Homoerotic Emblems in the Roman de la Rose III. "Plus acesmez qu’une popine": Male Cross-Dressing in Medieval French Narrative IV. The Grammar of the Sexes in Medieval French Romance V. A Heroine’s Sexual Itinerary: Incest, Transvestism, and Same-Sex Marriage in Yde et Olive VI. "Tu cuides que nos seions taus / Come autres femes comunaus": The Sexually Confident Woman in the Roman de Troie VII. Sexual Identity in Floire et Blancheflor and Ami et Amile VIII. The Structuring of Feminine Empowerment: Gender and Triangular Relationships in Marie de France IX. Desexualizing the Stereotypes: Techniques of Gender Reversal in Chretien’s Chevalier au lion and Chevalier a la charrete
Biography
Karen J. Taylor
