Women's power in late medieval romance
By: Amy N. Vines
Series: Studies in medieval romance -- [v. 15]; Studies in medieval romance -- v. 15.
Publisher: D.S. Brewer
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge [England]; Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9781843842750
Subjects: History and criticism; Medieval Literature; Romances; Women in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-161) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prophecy as social influence : Cassandra, Anne Neville, and the Corpus Christi manuscript of Troilus and Criseyde; title: The science of female power in John Metham's Amoryus and Cleopes; title: A women's "crafte" : sexual and chivalric patronage in Partonope of Blois; title: Creative revisions : competing figures of the patroness in Thomas Chestre's Sir Launfal.