The Characterization of Monstrous Femininity in the Testament of Cresseid and the Awnytrs off Arthure

The Characterization of Monstrous Femininity in the Testament of Cresseid and the Awnytrs off Arthure

This dissertation uses psychoanalytic theory to examine the similar portrayals of monstrous femininity in two Middle English poems, Robert Henryson’s the Testament of Cresseid and the Awntyrs off Arthure. In the Testament, Cresseid’s leprosy is interpreted through Julia Kristeva’s theory of abjectio...

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Main Author: Hansen, Agatha
Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
Format: Others
Language:en
en
Published: 2009
Subjects:
English
Medieval
Monstrous Femininity
Psychoanalysis
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1974/5117

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