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The story of the beautiful fairy Melusine who is cursed by her own mother to transform into a half-serpent once a week has fascinated readers for centuries. ... Shaw's analysis covers an impressive range of modern and medieval concepts ... . Shaw's work lays a good and highly promising foundation for future discussions about this text, and about feminine subjectivity in Middle English romance more broadly. (Lydia Zeldenrust, Modern Language Review, Vol. 133 (2) April, 2018)

“The story of the beautiful fairy Mélusine who is cursed by her own mother to transform into a half-serpent once a week has fascinated readers for centuries. … Shaw’s analysis covers an impressive range of modern and medieval concepts … . Shaw’s work lays a good and highly promising foundation for future discussions about this text, and about feminine subjectivity in Middle English romance more broadly.” (Lydia Zeldenrust, Modern Language Review, Vol. 133 (2) April, 2018)

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Jan Shaw is Senior Lecturer of English at the University of Sydney, Australia. She has published on women in the romance of Medieval Britain, medievalism in contemporary literature by women, and narrative and gender approaches in leadership studies. She is also co-editor of Storytelling: Critical and Creative Approaches.

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