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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Autor principal: F. Shams, Sheikh
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BRAC University 2010
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10361/440