Ebook: Weaving a narrative : clothing, conjointure, and composition in twelfth-century French romance
Author: Wright Monica Leigh
- Genre: Literature
- Tags: French literature -- To 1500, Fashion -- France -- History -- 12th century, Fashion -- Social aspects -- France -- 12th century, Clothing and dress -- Social aspects -- France -- History -- 12th century, Clothing and dress in literature, Fashion in literature, Textile fabrics Medieval, Clothing and dress -- France -- History -- Medieval 500-1500, Clothing and dress -- Medieval, Clothing and dress -- Social aspects, Fashion, Fashion -- Social aspects, French literature, France
- Series: PhD Dissertation
- Year: 2001
- Publisher: Washington University
- City: St. Louis, Missouri
- Language: English
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This study is an exploration of the use of clothing and other vestimentary and adornment items as a signifying system in the Old French verse literature of the twelfth century, particularly in light of changes in the material and social conditions of the time and concurrent changes in the representational system and in relation to the process of narrative composition.