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DAUGHTERS DISENFRANCHISED AND SELF‐EXCHANGING WOMEN DAUGHTERS DISENFRANCHISED AND SELF‐EXCHANGING WOMEN
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Rosiphelee Rosiphelee
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MEDEA'S SELF‐EXCHANGE MEDEA'S SELF‐EXCHANGE
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NEGOTIATING FEMALE WILL AND DESIRE IN THE EXCHANGE OF THE PRINCESS OF PENTAPOLIS NEGOTIATING FEMALE WILL AND DESIRE IN THE EXCHANGE OF THE PRINCESS OF PENTAPOLIS
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THE SINS OF THE FATHERS: INCEST, NEGLIGENCE, AND MAGNIFICENCE THE SINS OF THE FATHERS: INCEST, NEGLIGENCE, AND MAGNIFICENCE
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Jephte and his daughter Jephte and his daughter
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Alboin and Rosemund Alboin and Rosemund
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5 5 Women as Household Exchange in Genius's Tales
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Published:May 2008
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Abstract
This chapter turns to the exemplary narratives of Confessio Amantis and examines their household-based economics of power through the theme of the exchange of women. Interpretations of Gower's tales are contextualized by discussion of the politics of aristocratic marriage in the late 14th century. The representation of lordship and female will is considered in relation to various challenges to a ‘reciprocalist’ traffic in women, including female independence, rape, and incest. The chapter argues that Gower's tales sponsor a reciprocalist model of marriage exchange that is apparently non-coercive but securely governed by household, seigneurial interests. There are extended treatments of the tales of Rosiphelee, Jason and Medea, Apollonius of Tyre, Jephte's Daughter, and Alboin and Rosemund.
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