Literary aspects of courtly culture : selected papers from the seventh triennial congress of the International Courtly Literature Society ; University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA, 27 July - 1 August 1992

360 p. : 25 cm Rev. versions of the congress papers; chiefly in English; several papers in French Includes bibliographical references Whose Voice? The Influence Of Women Patrons On Courtly Romances / Joan Ferrante -- Debatable Fictions: The Tensos Of The Trobairitz / Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner -- Eve As Adam's Pareil: Equivalence And Subordination In The Jeu D'adam / Joan Tasker Grimbert -- Nature's Forge Recast In The Roman De Silence / Suzanne Conklin Akbari -- Criseyde's Honor: Interiority And Public Identity In Chaucer's Courtly Romance / Carolyn P. Collette -- Analogy Or Logic Authority Or Experience? Rhetorical Strategies For And Against Women / Karen Pratt -- Un Paradoxe Courtois: Le Chant Et La Plainte / Michel Zink -- Des Troubadours Italotropes / Antoine Tavera -- Les Chansons De Croisade: Tradition Versus Subjectivite / Cathrynke Th. J. Dijkstra. Edited By Donald Maddox, Sara Sturm-maddox. Rev. Versions Of The Congress Papers; Chiefly In English; Several Papers In French. Includes Bibliographical References. European aspects of medieval courtly literature, from representations of sexuality to the influence of literature on historiography.