Subversive images of women in medieval English literature: a selective reading
It is commonly assumed that medieval society is hostile to women’s power. Women are continuously contained and constrained by the patriarchal norms of medieval Europe to strengthen the heroic ideals of masculinity, while maintaining the ideals of the domestic private sphere. This study shows that ev...
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| Sprog: | English |
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BRAC University
2010
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| Online adgang: | http://hdl.handle.net/10361/440 |