This text covers a range of topics which provide all the tools needed to contextualize women in medieval society and culture. Particular attention is given to depictions of women in literature and art, women in the medieval landscape and the issue of women's relation to definitions of deviance and otherness. Geographical regions such as the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic Near East are fully incorporated into the text.

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Handbook of Native American Literature is a unique, comprehensive, and authoritative guide to the oral and written literatures of Native Americans. It lays the perfect foundation for understanding the works of Native American writers.
Divided into three major sections, Native American Oral Literatures, The Historical Emergence of Native American Writing, and A Native American Renaissance: 1967 to the Present, it includes 22 lengthy essays, written by scholars of the Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures. The book features reports on the oral traditions of...

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.