Medieval Women's WritingPolity, 22 oct 2007 - 208 páginas Medieval Women's Writing is a major new contribution to our understanding of women's writing in England, 1100-1500. The most comprehensive account to date, it includes writings in Latin and French as well as English, and works for as well as by women. Marie de France, Clemence of Barking, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, and the Paston women are discussed alongside the Old English lives of women saints, The Life of Christina of Markyate, the St Albans Psalter, and the legends of women saints by Osbern Bokenham. Medieval Women's Writing addresses these key questions:
Diane Watt argues that female patrons, audiences, readers, and even subjects contributed to the production of texts and their meanings, whether written by men or women. Only an understanding of textual production as collaborative enables us to grasp fully women's engagement with literary culture. This radical rethinking of early womens literary history has major implications for all scholars working on medieval literature, on ideas of authorship, and on women's writing in later periods. The book will become standard reading for all students of these debates. |
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Introduction | 1 |
Christina of Markyate c1096after 1155 | 19 |
Marie de France fl 1180 | 39 |
Legends and Lives of Women Saints Late Tenth to MidFifteenth Centuries | 63 |
Julian of Norwich 13423after 1416 | 91 |
Margery Kempe c1373after 1439 | 116 |
The Paston Letters 14401489 | 136 |
Afterword | 157 |
Notes | 161 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 176 |
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