The History of British Women's Writing, 700-1500: Volume One

ISBN-13: 9781137517951 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 268 str.

Liz Herbert McAvoy; Diane Watt

Opis

This volume, now available in paperback for the first time, focuses on women's literary history in Britain between 700 and 1500, a period traditionally marginalized in accounts of women's writing in English. Such marginalization, the editors argue, has been brought about in part by the erroneous assumption that there were no women writers in Britain before the emergence of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The History of British Women's Writing Volume 1: 700-1500 vigorously refutes this premise by exploring a wide range of texts written by, for, and in collaboration with women from the Anglo-Saxon period through to the beginning of the sixteenth century. By also considering women's writing in the context of the deeply multicultural and multilingual milieu which was medieval 'Britain' it uncovers a wide range of literary activity undertaken in Latin, Welsh, and French, as well as in the English vernacular, and, in so doing, it demands a rethinking of the long-established traditions of 'English' literary history, and even of the concept of 'writing' itself.

Recenzje

'This collection is a noteworthy addition to the bibliography on women's contributions to medieval literature...McAvoy and Watt are to be commended for compiling an outstanding collaborative history of women's writings, as well as a significant history of medieval literature. It will be profitably read by anyone interested in medieval literature or women's writing. With its assessments of prior and current scholarship and its generous notes and bibliography, it offers a thorough overview of the field for graduate students, and its informative, well-written, and original essays make it recommended reading for anyone studying women's writing.' - Monica Brzezinski Potkay, The Review of English Studies

'McAvoy and Watt aim with this volume to establish a more engaging and relevant dialogue between past and present, and they succeed. The History of British Women's Writing, 700-1500 is, in fact, an exciting and valuable contribution to the study of medieval literature and feminist studies.' - Make Mag

Spis treści

Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Chronology Introduction: Writing a History of Women's Writing from 700 to 1500; L.Herbert McAvoy  & D.Watt PART I: PRE-TEXTS AND CONTEXTS Women and the Origins of English Literature; C.A.Lees  & G.R.Overing Literary Production Before and After the Conquest; C.A.M.Clarke The French of the English and Early British Women's Literary Culture; C.Batt Women Writers in Wales; J.Cartwright Medieval Antifeminism; A.Bernau PART II: BODIES, BEHAVIOURS AND TEXTS Romance; C.Saunders  Saints' Lives; S.Horner  Devotional Literature; M.M.Sauer  Marian Literature; S.Niebryzdowski  Late Medieval Conduct Literature; M.J.Seaman PART III: LITERACIES AND LITERARY CULTURES Women and their Manuscripts; C.M.Meale   Women and Reading; L.Farina  Women and Networks of Literary Production; E.Robertson  Anonymous Writers; L.H.McAvoy   Women Translators; A.Barratt  Women's Letters, 1350-1500; J.Daybell PART IV: FEMALE AUTHORITY Christine de Pizan and Joan of Arc; N.B.Warren  Mary of Oignies; J.N. Brown  Bridget of Sweden; L.Saetveit Miles  Catherine of Siena; A.C. Grisé  Julian of Norwich; A.Appleford  Margery Kempe; D.Watt  'A Revelation of Purgatory'; M.C.Erler Bibliography Index

O autorze

Amy Appleford, Boston University, USA Alexandra Barratt, University Of Waikato, New Zealand Catherine Batt, University Of Leeds, UK Anke Bernau, University Of Manchester, UK Jennifer N. Brown, Marymount Manhattan College, USA Jane Cartwright, University Of Wales Trinity St David, UK Catherine A. M. Clarke, Swansea University, UK James Daybell, University Of Plymouth, UK Mary C. Erler, English Fordham University, New York, USA Lara Farina, West Virginia University, USA Annette C. Grise, Mcmaster University, Canada Shari Horner, Shippensburg University, USA Clare A. Lees, Kings College London, UK Carol M. Meale, University Of Bristol, UK Laura Saetveit Miles, University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA Sue Niebrzydowski, Bangor University, UK Gillian R. Overing, Wake Forest University, USA Elizabeth Robertson, University Of Glasgow, UK Michelle M. Sauer, University Of North Dakota, USA Corinne Saunders, Durham University, UK Myra J. Seaman, College Of Charleston, USA Nancy Bradley Warren, Texas A&M University, USA