Author: Taylor, Karen J.; editor:
Title: Gender Transgressions: Crossing the Normative Barrier in Old French Literature
Description: New York / London, Garland Publishing, 1998. orig.1/4-cloth. 22x14cm, xv, 203 pp, Series: Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, Volume 2064.. Minor rubbing, VG. ¶ Contains 9 papers. Includes: C.M. Jones "Rape, Redemption & the Grateful Dead: 'Richars li biaus' "; E.L. Friedrich "When a Rose Is Not a Rose: Homoerotic Emblems in the 'Roman de la Rose' "; K. Busby " 'Plus acesmez qu'une popine': Male Cross-Dressing in Medieval French Narrative"; M. Szkilnik "The Grammar of the Sexes in Medieval French Romance"; R.l.A. Clark "A Heroine's Sexual Itinerary: Incest, Transvestism, & Same-Sex Marriage in 'Yde et Olive' "; C.W. Carl "'Tu cuides que nos seions taus/ Come autres femes comunaus': The Sexually Confident Woman in 'Roman de Troie'"; P. McCaffrey "Sexual identity in 'Floire et Blancheflor' & 'Ami et Amile'"; N. Cottille-Foley "The Structuring of Feminine Empowerment: Gender & Triangular Relationships in Marie de France"; K.J. Taylor " Desexualizing the Stereotypes: Techniques of Gender Reversal in Chrétien' as 'Chevalier au lion' & 'Chevalier a la charrete' ".

Keywords: Medieval Literature, Old French, Literary History, Criticism, Feminist Theory, Homosexuality, Homo-erotic, Gender Reversal, Transvestism