Author: Andersen, Flemming & Nojgaard, Morten; editors:
Title: The Making of the Couple: The Social Function of Short-Form Medieval Narrative
Description: Odense, Odense University Press, 1991. orig. wrappers. 22x15cm, 143 pages.. Minor wear. VG. ¶ Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium organized by the Centre for the Study of Vernacular Literature in the Middle Ages, Odense University, 19-20 November 1991. Contains 6 papers. Includes: M. Olsen " Les problemes du couple: Une réalité voilée"; J. Harris "Gender & Genre: Short & Long Forms in the Saga Literature"; W. Blank "Zur Paarbeziehung in deutscher Märendichtung: Sozialer Kontext und Bedingungen"; R. Mordenti " Le couple impossible: Littérature et corps de la femme en Italie (de la ' Vita nuova' aux 'Livres de famille')"; J.W. Dietrichson "The Making of the Couple in Old & Middle English Literature"; D. Brewer "The Couple in Chaucer's Fabliaux".

Keywords: Medieval Literature, Social History, Literary Criticism, Narrative, Short-Form, Narratology, Middle Old English, Marriage Marital, Married Couple