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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... reading the St Albans Psalter The Life and death of Prioress Christina 'My Sunday daughter': reading Christina's Life Conclusion 2 Marie de France (fl. 11801 Introduction The monstrous Marie de France: metamorphosis and reputation 'Who ...
... 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 Further Reading Index Medieval Women's ...
Diane Watt. Suggestions for Further Reading Index Medieval Women's Writing Works by and for Women in England,
... of my readers. Only limitations of space have prevented me from quoting in translation and in the original languages throughout. Introduction When did women writers first enter the English literary A Note on the Texts.
... readers and even subjects can contribute to the production of texts and their meanings, whether they be written by men or by women. In other words, only an understanding of medieval textual production as collaborative enables us to ...
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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 |