Animal Body, Literary Corpus: The Old French "Roman de Renart" |
Contents
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Sexuality and Its Consequences | 33 |
Liminality | 87 |
Law and Government | 131 |
Recapitulation | 167 |
Conclusions | 203 |
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Abbreviation Andreas Capellanus animals appears argues attack beast Bernard Bernard of Clairvaux bien Bloch body branches Capetian chanson de geste Chantecler chapter characters Cistercian Coart confession context court courtly cous death Dérision Derrida discourse discussion dist Dufournet Durendal edition epic episode example fabliau fait Fiere fox's grant Gravdal Hermeline Hersent Howard Bloch Isengrin Jauss Jean Scheidegger joie jongleur Jugement justice Kenneth Varty king language lion literary Literature manuscripts Maupertuis Medieval Middle Ages monastery monastic Moniage monks Mort Renart Moyen Age narrative nature Noble Noble's Old French parody possible Premières Aventures present problem provides Puits qu'il rape reading reference reflection Renardian Renart empereur Renart jongleur Renart médecin Renart parfist reveals rois Roland Rolandslied Roman de Brut Roman de Renart Roques satire scene sexual she-wolf Siège sins Sire spiritual structure tale theme Tibert vilain Walter Map wolf Ysengrimus
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