Medieval Women's WritingJohn Wiley & Sons, 18 abr 2013 - 216 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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... example and instruction': The Book and its readers Conclusion 6 The Paston Letters (1440—1489! Introduction Absent women Reading medieval women's letters Women correspondents and the writing process Conclusion Afterword Suggestions for ...
... , for example, or as patrons and book-owners. Extending our definitions of women's writing further, as did Carol M. Meale in the early 1990s, to include writing that is produced for and read by women enables a more subtle.
... example, that we should not ignore the debts the English women visionaries owe to Continental European mystics, these have hitherto been emphasized at the expense of exploring specifically English traditions. But a focus on the English ...
... example, vividly illustrates the importance audience plays in the composition and revision of a text. Originally written for three female recluses, it clearly addresses them and their situation (although it is fascinating to consider ...
... described by Foucault. Thus, for example, while Foucault suggests that letters do not have an author, in the sense of an author-function, it is imperative that any study of medieval women's writing should be wide-ranging enough.
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Christina of Markyate c 1096after 1 155 | 9 |
Marie de France fl 11801 | 25 |
Legends and Lives of Women Saints Late Tenth | 48 |
Julian of Norwich 134213after 1416 | 76 |
Margery Kempe c 1373after 1439 | 99 |
The Paston Letters 14401489 | 119 |