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Monstrous Women in Middle English Romance: Representations of Mysterious Female Power
Author(s): Misty Urban (Author)
- Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 Nov. 2009
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 0773437762
- ISBN-13: 9780773437760
Book Description
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 cultural, 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.
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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 cultural, 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.
About the Author
Dr. Urban is Assistant Professor of English at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho, where she teaches early English literature and creative writing. She holds a Ph.D. in Medieval English literature and an MFA in fiction writing from Cornell University.
