Fragments and Foundations: Medieval Texts and the Future of Feminism
- Author / Editor
- Williams, Tara.
Fragments and Foundations: Medieval Texts and the Future of Feminism
- Published
- Literature Compass 4.4 (2007): 1003-16
- Description
- Argues that a "turn to the Middle Ages" can reinvigorate feminist criticism, encouraging exploration of the "origins of gendered language," e.g., womanhood, femininity, and wifehood. Williams surveys the tradition of feminist approaches to medieval literature, particularly studies of Chaucer and female writers.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism