Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-293) and index.
Contents
pt. 1. Profiles in mastery: Ovidian and Aristotelian figures -- Trials of discipleship: Le Roman de la poire and Le Dit de la panthère d'amours -- The master at work: Richard de Fournival's Bestiaire d'amour -- pt. 2. Proliferating responses: Contrary to what is said: The Response au Bestiaire d'amour and the case for a woman's response -- Defamation and the Livre de leesce: the problem of a sycophantic response -- Christine's way: The Querelle du Roman de la rose and the ethics of political response -- The libelous affair: The Querelle del la Belle Dame sans merci and the prospects for a legal response -- Coda: Clotilde de Surville and the latter-day history of the woman's response.
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