id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt rr171v5741d Mary Rose Dwyer The Wooing of Her Lords and Feasting on the Shroud 2022 .txt text/plain 264 7 41 Its diction and aesthetics, described by several readers as transtemporal, find their inspirations in medieval courtly romances—like Chrétien de Troyes' Le Chevalier de la Charrette, the Lais of Marie de France, Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, and Sir Orfeo— as well as Spenser's Faerie Queene, early 20th century nursery rhymes and folk songs, and poems by writers from working class origins. As she attempts to individuate her body and sense of self from those of the men who loom over her inner and outer lives, this speaker sings from a shadowy stage in the pockets of time and space available to her; attempting to give voice to silenced ancestors. cache/rr171v5741d.txt txt/rr171v5741d.txt