Constructing Virtue and Vice Femininity and Laughter in Courtly Society (ca. 1150-1300) (Volume 5)

The study examines textual representations of women's laughter and smiling and their imagined connection to female virtue in a wide variety of discourses and contexts of the German Middle Ages, including medieval epic, ecclesiastical texts, conduct literature, lyric, and sculpture. By engaging...

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Language:English
Published: 2012
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