Saints' Lives and Women's Literary Culture, C. 1150-1300: Virginity and Its Authorizations

ISBN-13: 9780198112792 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 336 str.

Jocelyn Wogan-Browne

Opis

Writing by and for women in the twelfth and thirteenth century in England is less well known than that of the later medieval period of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe. This is the first book-length exploration of this rich literary culture embracing several vernaculars as well as Latin.

Recenzje

Readers of this book will no longer be able unthinkingly to respond to its subject matter as morbid fantasy sponsored by dirigiste clerics ... impressive textual scholarship drives the book ... an invaluable resource.