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The French fetish from Chaucer to Shakespeare

by Deanne Williams

British Foreign public opinionCivilizationEnglish literatureFranceFrench influencesHistoryHistory and criticismIn literature

In assessing the impact of the Norman Conquest on the culture of medieval & early modern England, Deanne Williams contends that not only the French language & literature, but the idea of Frenchness itself, produced England's literary & cultural identity.

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