{"product_id":"the-master-and-minerva-9780520088351","title":"The Master and Minerva","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e PART 1 PROFILES IN MASTERY\u003cbr\u003e 1 Ovidian and Aristotelian Figures \u003cbr\u003e 2 The Trials of Discipleship: Le Roman de la poire and Le Dit de la pan there d' amours \u003cbr\u003e 3 The Master at Work: Richard de Fournival's Bestiaire d'amour \u003cbr\u003e PART 2 PROLIFERATING RESPONSES\u003cbr\u003e 4 Contrary to What Is Said: The Response au Bestiaire d'amour and the Case for a Woman's Response \u003cbr\u003e 5 Defamation and the Livre de leesce:The Problem of a Sycophantic Response \u003cbr\u003e 6 Christine's Way: The Querelle du Roman de la rose and the Ethics of a Political Response \u003cbr\u003e 7 A Libelous Affair: The Querelle de la Belle Dame sans merci and the Prospects for a Legal Response \u003cbr\u003e Coda: Clotilde de Surville and the Latter-Day History of the Woman's Response \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index ","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359042994519,"sku":"9780520088351","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520088351.jpg?v=1754123345","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-master-and-minerva-9780520088351","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}