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The English "Loathly Lady" tales : boundaries, traditions, motifs
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- Creator
- edited by S. Elizabeth Passmore and Susan Carter
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Kalamazoo, Mich. : Medieval Institute Publications, [2007]
- ©2007
- Physical Details
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- xix, 272 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781580441230, 1580441238, 9781580441247, 1580441246
- OCLC
- ocn173218591
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Through the counsel of a lady : the Irish and English Loathly Lady tales and the "Mirrors for princes" genre / S. Elizabeth Passmore -- The politics of strengthe and vois in Gower's Loathly Lady tale / R.F. Yeager -- Sovereignty through the lady : "The wife of Bath's tale" and the queenship of Anne of Bohemia / Elizabeth M. Biebel-Stanley -- A hymenation of hags / Susan Carter -- Folklore and powerful women in Gower's "Tale of Florent" / Russell A. Peck -- Controlling the Loathly Lady, or, What really frees Dame Ragnelle / Paul Gaffney -- "The marriage of Sir Gawain" : piecing the fragments together / Stephanie Hollis -- A Jungian approach to the ballad "King Henry" / Mary Edwards Shaner -- Repainting the lion : "The wife of Bath's tale" and a traditional British ballad / Lynn M. Wollstadt -- Why Dame Ragnell had to die : feminine usurpation of male authority in "The wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell" / Mary Leech -- Brains or beauty : limited sovereignty in the Loathly Lady tales "The wife of Bath's tale," "Thomas of Erceldoune," and "The wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle" / Ellen M. Caldwell
Subjects
- Gower, John, 1325?-1408. Confessio amantis.
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Wife of Bath's tale.
- Gawain (Legendary character) -- Romances -- History and criticism.
- English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism.
- Women in literature.
- Metamorphosis in literature.
- Counseling in literature.
- Sovereignty in literature.
- Romances, English -- History and criticism.
- Ballads, English -- England -- History and criticism.