Weaving Narrative [electronic resource] : Clothing in Twelfth-Century French Romance / Monica L. Wright.
Material type: 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
- computer
- online resource
- 9780271052588
- 0271052589
- 841.109 22
- PQ178 .W75 2009
Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-184) and index.
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.
"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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