Fortune Personified and the Fall (and Rise) of Women in Chaucer's Monk's Tale and the Autobiographical Writings of Christine de Pizan
This thesis will posit that a query of the medieval trope, Fortune, can be read as a query into femininity. Fortune is depicted with many quintessentially medieval feminine traits, and women in texts that discuss Fortune often have Fortune's traits. While texts that link Fortune and femininity...
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BYU ScholarsArchive
2005
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| Online Access: | https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/444 https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1443&context=etd |