{"product_id":"medieval-womens-writing-paperback-softback-9780745632568","title":"Medieval Women's Writing (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745632568","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMedieval Women's Writing\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDiane Watt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745632568, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 28 August 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e216 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.4 x 1.6 cm, 0.318 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"A scholarly, sensitive and thoughtful account that will be invaluable to anyone studying the literary history of the period, from undergraduate level onwards.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBBC History Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"A careful and intelligent selection of some of the better-known works either by, for or on behalf of women ... This [is a] highly informed, well-researched, non-esoteric and thoroughly accessible volume.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Essential reading for student and academic alike.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMedium Aevum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"By combining a theoretically informed, inclusive theory of textuality with persuasive readings of well-known and less-familiar texts, Watt's study offers a valuable contribution to teaching and scholarship alike.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpeculum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A rich study in literary sociology. The value of Watt's book is to demonstrate not only that, but how, some medieval texts in various genres have been negotiated and mediated.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal of English and Germanic Philology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The book blends two philosophiesthat one might think irreconcilable. First, the book is directed squarely (although not exclusively) at university students. Second, the book includes the kind of close and original readings of texts that a scholar might normally reserve for a journal article or monograph. The fact that Watt has blended these two seemingly separate activities is wonderful to see - why shouldn't students be given the respect of having new and original research directed straight at them?\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedieval Feminist Forum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Each chapter would be of interest to scholars of women in medieval England, in particular those who work on Christina of Markyate, Marie de France, legends and lives of women saints, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe and the Paston letters. Watt's fine volume concludes with an extremely useful bibliography and list of suggested readings.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Year's Work in English Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A useful addition not only to the work on medieval women writers in particular, but to the history of women's writing in general, making ever more apparent those foremothers whose absence Virginia Woolf lamented.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFeminist Theory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"I am delighted by the appearance of this book. Lucidly written for a general audience, \u003ci\u003eMedieval Women's Writing\u003c\/i\u003e is by far the most interesting, balanced, and up-to-date study now in print. But it is more than this: it is also a collection of original readings of major women writers, which has new and often powerful things to say about how we think about women's writing in the premodern period, and about what it means to describe this writing as a 'women's literary tradition'. Flexible, passionate, ethically engaged, \u003ci\u003eMedieval Women's Writing\u003c\/i\u003e will be a valuable and much-discussed resource for scholars, teachers, students, as well as general readers.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eNicholas Watson, \u003ci\u003eHarvard University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Innovative, informative and accessible, this book is a fundamental re-assessment of medieval women's writing. Watt's work engages with women as writers and readers, as participants and collaborators and, above all, as agents who shape medieval textual production and reception. This is a book on women that is not afraid to consider the early medieval period together with the later Middle Ages. At last!\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eClare A. Lees, \u003ci\u003eKing's College London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A useful, insightful, and bang up-to-date introduction to medieval women's writing in England by a critic especially sensitive to collaborative aspects of textual production. Recommended!\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eDavid Wallace, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMedieval Women's Writing\u003c\/i\u003e is a major new contribution to our understanding of women's writing in England, 1100-1500.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe most comprehensive account to date, it includes writings in Latin and French as well as English, and works for as well as by women. Marie de France, Clemence of Barking, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, and the Paston women are discussed alongside the Old English lives of women saints, The Life of Christina of Markyate, the St Albans Psalter, and the legends of women saints by Osbern Bokenham.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMedieval Women's Writing\u003c\/i\u003e addresses these key questions:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWho were the first women authors in the English canon?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat do we mean by women's writing in the Middle Ages?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat do we mean by authorship?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow can studying medieval writing contribute to our understanding of women's literary history?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiane Watt argues that female patrons, audiences, readers, and even subjects contributed to the production of texts and their meanings, whether written by men or women. Only an understanding of textual production as collaborative enables us to grasp fully women's engagement with literary culture. This radical rethinking of early womens literary history has major implications for all scholars working on medieval literature, on ideas of authorship, and on women's writing in later periods. The book will become standard reading for all students of these debates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Note on the Texts viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Christina of Markyate (c.1096–after 1155) 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Marie de France ( fl . 1180) 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Legends and Lives of Women Saints (Late Tenth to Mid-Fifteenth Centuries) 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Julian of Norwich (1342\/3–after 1416) 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Margery Kempe (c.1373–after 1439) 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Paston Letters (1440–1489) 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 203\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52470029582616,"sku":"9780745632568","price":15.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745632568.jpg?v=1785628882","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/medieval-womens-writing-paperback-softback-9780745632568","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}