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The Importance of Being Gender 'Stable': Masculinity and Feminine Empowerment in Le Roman de Silence
- Arthuriana
- Scriptorium Press
- Volume 7, Number 2, Summer 1997
- pp. 7-34
- 10.1353/art.1997.0065
- Article
- Additional Information
Events and characterization in Heldris's Roman de Silence are structured to allocate power by gender, as shown in the destabilizing of King Ebain's 'masculinity' and the empowerment of several female characters including the hero(ine).