Weaving Narrative [electronic resource] : Clothing in Twelfth-Century French Romance / Monica L. Wright.

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Wright, Monica L, 1968-

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Project Muse

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Penn State Romance studies | Book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: University Park, Penn. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2009 2015)Description: 1 online resource (189 p. )Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780271052588
0271052589

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Electronic books.

DDC classification:

841.109 22

LOC classification:

PQ178 .W75 2009

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Contents:

Romance and the fabric of feudal society: conjointure and change -- Material matters: clothing in changing contexts -- Dressing up the character: the elucidation of characters through clothing -- Clothing acts and the movement from code to signifying system -- Clothing as a structuring, thematic, and narrative device: the art of weaving romance.

Summary: "Analyzes the relationship between twelfth-century French material culture, especially with regard to attire and personal adornment, and the compositional and narrative techniques used in the emerging genre of courtly verse romance"--Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-184) and index.

"Analyzes the relationship between twelfth-century French material culture, especially with regard to attire and personal adornment, and the compositional and narrative techniques used in the emerging genre of courtly verse romance"--Provided by publisher.

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