'She Gaff Hym Suche a Buffet' : Active Damsels and the Gendered Economy of the Medieval Chivalric Romance
- Author / Editor
- Nickinson, Patricia Anne.
'She Gaff Hym Suche a Buffet' : Active Damsels and the Gendered Economy of the Medieval Chivalric Romance
- Published
- Dissertation Abstracts International 60: 2482A, 1999.
- Description
- The romance knight needs chances to prove himself and achieve fame; he must act. The damsel needs words, often to ask for help. Nickinson treats "Beues of Hamtoun," "The Sowdone of Babylone," Malory's Alysaundir episode, KnT, and FranT, with attention to how Chaucer "tweaks the conventions."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.
- Knight and His Tale.
- Franklin and His Tale.