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Women’s Power in Late Medieval Romance by Amy N. Vines (review)

Women’s Power in Late Medieval Romance by Amy N. Vines (review) 290 Reviews parades on canonical works' of Renaissance literature to promote their own elite status, as the `white, Anglo-American establishment in New Orleans' (p. 151). However, when, for example, they `borrowed the name of Milton's ... Comus', they deviated from Milton's republican, egalitarian values with which they were `widely familiar' (pp. 151­52). They also `suppressed "exotic ... non-Western dimensions"' in Milton's masque, inconsistent with their own racist ideals (p. 154), just as they suppressed republican elements in original texts, while they `glorified the English aristocracy and the monarchical government' as putative analogues of themselves and their own then-recently defeated Confederate government (p. 159). This is, certainly, a fascinating study, which traces carnivalesque themes in English literature through some expected, and some far from expected, times and locales; it is highly recommended. Ivan Cañadas Department of English Hallym University, South Korea Vines, Amy N., Women's Power in Late Medieval Romance (Studies in Medieval Romance), Cambridge, D. S. Brewer, 2011; hardback; pp. 184; 3 illustrations; R.R.P. £55.00; ISBN 9781843842750. As its title suggests, Women's Power in Late Medieval Romance investigates the scope and kind of authority displayed by leading female characters in late medieval English romances. It quickly becomes clear, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Parergon Australian & New Zealand Association of Medieval & Early Modern Studies, Inc. (ANAZAMEMS, Inc.)

Women’s Power in Late Medieval Romance by Amy N. Vines (review)

Nicholson, Roger H.
Parergon , Volume 30 (1) – Sep 13, 2013
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290 Reviews parades on canonical works' of Renaissance literature to promote their own elite status, as the `white, Anglo-American establishment in New Orleans' (p. 151). However, when, for example, they `borrowed the name of Milton's ... Comus', they deviated from Milton's republican, egalitarian values with which they were `widely familiar' (pp. 151­52). They also `suppressed "exotic ... non-Western dimensions"' in Milton's masque, inconsistent with their own racist ideals (p. 154), just as they suppressed republican elements in original texts, while they `glorified the English aristocracy and the monarchical government' as putative analogues of themselves and their own then-recently defeated Confederate government (p. 159). This is, certainly, a fascinating study, which traces carnivalesque themes in English literature through some expected, and some far from expected, times and locales; it is highly recommended. Ivan Cañadas Department of English Hallym University, South Korea Vines, Amy N., Women's Power in Late Medieval Romance (Studies in Medieval Romance), Cambridge, D. S. Brewer, 2011; hardback; pp. 184; 3 illustrations; R.R.P. £55.00; ISBN 9781843842750. As its title suggests, Women's Power in Late Medieval Romance investigates the scope and kind of authority displayed by leading female characters in late medieval English romances. It quickly becomes clear,

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Published: Sep 13, 2013

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