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  1. Tales the Textiles Tell in the Lais of Marie de France
    Weaving as a Signifying System
    Published: 2001
    Publisher:  Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston

    This work is unique in showing that textiles constitute a cohesive secondary signifying system throughout the Lais of Marie de France. There they function as texts-within-a-text. Etymologically, both text and textile derive from weaving. We read... more

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    This work is unique in showing that textiles constitute a cohesive secondary signifying system throughout the Lais of Marie de France. There they function as texts-within-a-text. Etymologically, both text and textile derive from weaving. We read these textiles as complete signs that transfer meaning, as symbols whose meaning may or may not be interpreted, or merely as signals highlighting import. The quantity of textile references in Marie's minimalistic texts emphasizes their potential for meaning. In view of the fact that women were the primary producers of textiles until the late Middle Age

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780773411654; 0773411658
    Subjects: Marie, de France, 12th cent. Lais; Literature; POETRY ; Continental European; Romance Literatures; Languages & Literatures; French Literature
    Other subjects: Marie active 12th century; Marie de France (active 12th century): Lais
    Scope: Online Ressource (298 p.)
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  2. Tales the Textiles Tell in the Lais of Marie de France
    Weaving as a Signifying System
    Author: Gilmore-Hunt, Gloria Thomas
    Published: 2001
    Publisher:  Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston

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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0773411658; 9780773411654
    Subjects: Marie, de France, 12th cent. Lais; Literature; POETRY / Continental European; Lais (Marie, de France); Literatur; Textilien
    Other subjects: Marie de France (active 12th century): Lais; Marie de France (1135-1200): Les lais
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    Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Textiles as a Signifying System; Signs, Symbols or Signals; History as Signs; A Feminine Perspective; Exploring Selfhood; "Fresne"; Chapter 1: The Relation of Textiles to Violence; As Pages; As Agents; Controlling Violence; As Texts; Passive Pages Actively Heal; Chapter 2: Textiles in the Generation of Subjectivity; Marie's Maternal Merveilleux; Substantiating Maternal Love; Bestowing Power; Synaesthesia in Marie's Imaginary; Empowering Language; Chapter 3: Textiles as Confinement or Expression

    Confining TextilesExpressing Selfhood; Balancing Personal and Social Needs; Chapter 4: Conclusion; Summary of Themes; Interweaving; Form for Subjectivity; Selected Bibliography; Subsequent Readings; Index

    This work is unique in showing that textiles constitute a cohesive secondary signifying system throughout the Lais of Marie de France. There they function as texts-within-a-text. Etymologically, both text and textile derive from weaving. We read these textiles as complete signs that transfer meaning, as symbols whose meaning may or may not be interpreted, or merely as signals highlighting import. The quantity of textile references in Marie's minimalistic texts emphasizes their potential for meaning. In view of the fact that women were the primary producers of textiles until the late Middle Age