Women and Disability in Medieval Literature
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Medieval, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies
| Author: | T. Pearman | ISBN: | 9780230117563 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | November 14, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | T. Pearman |
| ISBN: | 9780230117563 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | November 14, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This book is first in its field to analyze how disability and gender both thematically and formally operate within late medieval popular literature. Reading romance, conduct manuals, and spiritual autobiography, it proposes a 'gendered model' for exploring the processes by which differences like gender and disability get coded as deviant.
This book is first in its field to analyze how disability and gender both thematically and formally operate within late medieval popular literature. Reading romance, conduct manuals, and spiritual autobiography, it proposes a 'gendered model' for exploring the processes by which differences like gender and disability get coded as deviant.
