ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter Chapter III|15 pages
“Plus acesmez qu'une popine”
Male Cross-Dressing in Medieval French Narrative
chapter Chapter V|17 pages
A Heroine's Sexual Itinerary
Incest, Transvestism, and Same-Sex Marriage in Yde et Olive
chapter Chapter VIII|28 pages
The Structuring of Feminine Empowerment
Gender and Triangular Relationships in Marie de France
chapter Chapter IX|23 pages
Desexualizing the Stereotypes: Techniques of Gender Reversal in Chrétien's
Chevalier au lion and Chevalier a la charrete
