ABSTRACT
Pohl’s versatility as a scholar is on display here as he turns his hand to the subject of gender. The opening paragraphs of this chapter are so clear that neither introduction nor recapitulation is necessary here. One preliminary remark may be made, however. In emphasizing gender as a tool of analysis Pohl is not resorting to “first wave” women’s history; he is not trying to put women into, or back into, the story. Instead, he is looking at how images of women were created and manipulated in various kinds of texts and what those manipulations might tell us. Nevertheless, Pohl is interested in the question of whether women played a role in creating and transmitting those textualized realities. Pohl’s article, moreover, will shed light on the literary sources that figured so prominently in the quarrel between Wolfram and Goffart.
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