The Patient Griselda Myth : Looking at Late Medieval and Early Modern European Literature.
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Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Griselda-From ambiguous fictive character to the embodiment of various ideals -- Part II: The socio-political implications of social exogamy -- Part III: The state-as-household metaphor and tyranny in the patient Griselda myth, between political criticism and literary convention as propaganda -- Conclusion -- Work Cited -- Index.