The Lays of Marie de France
(2011)
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States]: Neeland Media LLC, 2011
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781420942057 (electronic bk.) MWT11932808, 1420942050 (electronic bk.) 11932808
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
In her "Lays," Marie de France confronts the issue of love as a topic of suffering and misery, fraught with infidelity. What was revolutionary about this, however, was the fact that the infidelity she addressed was committed by women, and in some circumstances condoned. This challenged the submissive role of women in her time, and illustrated them with a sense of power and free will. Her condensed yet powerful imagery remains timeless, still relevant and evocative to modern day readers
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