The Tradition of Subversion in Medieval Vernacular Literature: A Feminist Analysis of Selected Works by Marie de France and Geoffrey Chaucer

Author / Editor
Ross, Valerie Ann.

Title
The Tradition of Subversion in Medieval Vernacular Literature: A Feminist Analysis of Selected Works by Marie de France and Geoffrey Chaucer

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 56 (1996): 3950A.

Description
Chaucer and Marie de France simultaneously contribute to the development of vernacular literature and subvert its conventions through parody, pastiche, and resistance to existing gender models.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.