Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

Women and Medieval Literary Culture

From the Early Middle Ages to the Fifteenth Century

Av Corinne Saunders, Diane Watt

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Focusing on England but covering a wide range of European and global traditions and influences, this authoritative volume examines the central role of medieval women in the production and circulation of books and considers their representation in medieval literary texts, as authors, readers and subjects, assessing how these change over time. Engaging with Latin, French, German, Welsh and Gaelic literary culture, it places British writing in wider European contexts while also considering more distant influences such as Arabic. Essays span topics including book production and authorship; reception; linguistic, literary, and cultural contexts and influences; women's education and spheres of knowledge; women as writers, scribes and translators; women as patrons, readers and book owners; and women as subjects. Reflecting recent trends in scholarship, the volume spans the early Middle Ages through to the eve of the Reformation and emphasises the multilingual, multicultural and international contexts of women's literary culture.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum: 2023-08-17
Mått: 156 x 235 x 28 mm
Vikt: 920 g
Format: Inbunden
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 500
Förlag: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108835916

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Corinne Saunders is Professor of Medieval Literature in the Department of English Studies, Durham University. Her third monograph, Magic and the Supernatural in Medieval English Romance, was published in 2010. Recent co-edited books include The Life of Breath in Literature, Culture, and Medicine: Classical to Contemporary (2021) and Visions and Voice-Hearing in Medieval and Early Modern Contexts (2020). She is English Editor for the journal Medium Ævum. Diane Watt is Professor of Medieval English Literature at the University of Surrey. Her previous books include Women, Writing and Religion in England and Beyond, 650–1100 (2019), Medieval Women's Writing: Books By and For Women in England, 1100–1500 (2007), Amoral Gower: Language, Sex and Politics (2003), and Secretaries of God: Women Prophets in Late Medieval and Early Modern England (1997).

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'This book makes a statement, not simply about medieval women, but about medieval life. With chapters on ecclesiastical women, noble and royal women, townswomen, readers and patrons the volume offers a broad understanding of the interests, complexities, and dynamics of medieval life. The arrangement of the essays makes it easy to navigate among topics and interests. The essays are cogent; the bibliographies are good, and the entire volume gives readers a sense of the many ways in which women were involved with a broadly conceived literary culture in the Middle Ages.' Lynn Staley, Colgate University

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