About the book
The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Women s Writing seeks to recover the lives and particular experiences of medieval women by concentrating on various kinds of texts the texts they wrote themselves as well as texts that attempted to shape limit or expand their lives. The first section investigates the roles traditionally assigned to medieval women (as virgins widows and wives) it also considers female childhood and relations between women. The second section explores social spaces including textuality itself for every surviving medieval manuscript bespeaks collaborative effort. It considers women as authors as anchoresses dead to the world and as preachers and teachers in the world staking claims to authority without entering a pulpit. The final section considers the lives and writings of remarkable women including Marie de France Heloise Joan of Arc Julian of Norwich Margery Kempe and female lyricists and romancers whose names are lost but whose texts survive.
Editions of The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Women's Writing
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780521791885
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780521796385
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The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Women s Writing seeks to recover the lives and particular experiences of medieval women by concentrating on various kinds of texts the texts they wrote themselves as well as texts that attempted to shape limit or expand their lives. The first section investigates the roles traditionally assigned to medieval women (as virgins widows and wives) it also considers female childhood and relations between women. The second section explores social spaces including textuality itself for every surviving medieval manuscript bespeaks collaborative effort. It considers women as authors as anchoresses dead to the world and as preachers and teachers in the world staking claims to authority without entering a pulpit. The final section considers the lives and writings of remarkable women including Marie de France Heloise Joan of Arc Julian of Norwich Margery Kempe and female lyricists and romancers whose names are lost but whose texts survive.
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What is The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Women's Writing about?
The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Women s Writing seeks to recover the lives and particular experiences of medieval women by concentrating on various kinds of texts the texts they wrote themselves as well as texts that attempted to shape limit or expand their lives. The first section investigates the roles traditionally assigned to medieval women (as virgins widows and wives) it also considers female childhood and relations between women. The second section explores social spaces including textuality itself for every surviving medieval manuscript bespeaks collaborative effort. It considers women as authors as anchoresses dead to the world and as preachers and teachers in the world staking claims to authority without entering a pulpit. The final section considers the lives and writings of remarkable women including Marie de France Heloise Joan of Arc Julian of Norwich Margery Kempe and female lyricists and romancers whose names are lost but whose texts survive.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Women's Writing?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Literature: history and criticism > Literary studies: general > Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
Where can I read a sample of The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Women's Writing?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780521791885
Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Women's Writing?
Carolyn Dinshaw,David Wallace
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Women's Writing is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780521791885) and paperback(ISBN 9780521796385)