Women and Disability in Medieval Literature

Women and Disability in Medieval Literature
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 380
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ISBN-10 : 9780230117563
ISBN-13 : 0230117562
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Book Synopsis Women and Disability in Medieval Literature by : T. Pearman

Download or read book Women and Disability in Medieval Literature written by T. Pearman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-11-14 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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