Description
Book SynopsisThis text contends that in French medieval culture the representation of women exemplified the use of injurious language. It shows how the figure of the female respondent became an instrument for disputing the dominant models of representing women.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART 1 PROFILES IN MASTERY
1 Ovidian and Aristotelian Figures
2 The Trials of Discipleship: Le Roman de la poire and Le Dit de la pan there d' amours
3 The Master at Work: Richard de Fournival's Bestiaire d'amour
PART 2 PROLIFERATING RESPONSES
4 Contrary to What Is Said: The Response au Bestiaire d'amour and the Case for a Woman's Response
5 Defamation and the Livre de leesce:The Problem of a Sycophantic Response
6 Christine's Way: The Querelle du Roman de la rose and the Ethics of a Political Response
7 A Libelous Affair: The Querelle de la Belle Dame sans merci and the Prospects for a Legal Response
Coda: Clotilde de Surville and the Latter-Day History of the Woman's Response
Notes
Bibliography
Index
