{"product_id":"women-and-medieval-literary-culture-from-the-early-middle-ages-to-the-fifteenth-century-hardback-9781108835916","title":"Women and Medieval Literary Culture; From the Early Middle Ages to the Fifteenth Century (Hardback) 9781108835916","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWomen and Medieval Literary Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom the Early Middle Ages to the Fifteenth Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom the early Middle Ages to the Reformation, this volume explores the multilingual and multicultural contexts of women's literary culture.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCorinne Saunders (Edited by), Diane Watt (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108835916, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 August 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e500 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 2.8 cm, 0.92 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'As one might expect from two such distinguished scholars in the field of medieval women's writing, Corinne Saunders and Diane Watt have solicited a wealth of new research from their contributors on women and literary culture throughout the long medieval period. This excellent volume is not only brimful with information but shapes the role of women in freshly ambitious terms, ranging both widely and in illuminating detail across manuscript culture, female reading communities, medicine, genre, and language. It will become an indispensable scholarly and teaching resource.' Ardis Butterfield, Yale University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFocusing on England but covering a wide range of European and global traditions and influences, this authoritative volume examines the central role of medieval women in the production and circulation of books and considers their representation in medieval literary texts, as authors, readers and subjects, assessing how these change over time. Engaging with Latin, French, German, Welsh and Gaelic literary culture, it places British writing in wider European contexts while also considering more distant influences such as Arabic. Essays span topics including book production and authorship; reception; linguistic, literary, and cultural contexts and influences; women's education and spheres of knowledge; women as writers, scribes and translators; women as patrons, readers and book owners; and women as subjects. Reflecting recent trends in scholarship, the volume spans the early Middle Ages through to the eve of the Reformation and emphasises the multilingual, multicultural and international contexts of women's literary culture.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Corinne Saunders and Diane Watt\u003cbr\u003e I. Patrons, Owners, Writers, and Readers in England and Europe: 1. 'Miserere, meidens': abbesses and nuns Elaine Treharne\u003cbr\u003e 2. Creating her own story: queens, noblewomen, and their cultural patronage Mary Dockray-Miller\u003cbr\u003e 3. Woman-to-woman initiatives between female religious: vertical and horizontal learning Mary C. Erler\u003cbr\u003e II. Circles and Communities in England: 4. Ancrene Wisse, the Katherine Group, and the Wooing Group as textual communities, Medieval and modern Michelle M. Sauer\u003cbr\u003e 5. Syon Abbey and the Birgittines Laura Saetveit Miles\u003cbr\u003e 6. What the Paston women read Diane Watt\u003cbr\u003e III. Health, Conduct, and Knowledge: 7. Embracing the body and the soul: women in the literary culture of Medieval medicine Naoë Kukita Yoshikawa\u003cbr\u003e 8. Gender and class in the circulation of conduct books Kathleen Ashley\u003cbr\u003e 9. Women's learning and lore: magic, recipes and folk belief Martha W. Driver\u003cbr\u003e 10. Women and devotional compilations Denis Renevey\u003cbr\u003e IV. Genre and Gender: 11. Lyrics: meditations, prayers and praises\u003cbr\u003e songs and carols David Fuller\u003cbr\u003e 12. 'It satte me wel bet ay in a cave \/ To bidde and rede on holy seyntes lyves': women and hagiography Christiania Whitehead\u003cbr\u003e 13. Tears, mediation, and literary entanglement: the writings of Medieval visionary women Liz Herbert McAvoy\u003cbr\u003e 14. Convent and city: Medieval women and drama Sue Niebrzydowski\u003cbr\u003e 15. Women and romance Corinne Saunders\u003cbr\u003e 16. Trouble and strife in the Old French fabliaux Neil Cartlidge\u003cbr\u003e 17. Chaucer and Gower Venetia Bridges\u003cbr\u003e V. Women as Authors: 18. Marie de France: identity and authorship in translation Emma Campbell\u003cbr\u003e 19. Julian of Norwich: a woman's vision, book, and readers Barry Windeatt\u003cbr\u003e 20. The communities of The Book of Margery Kemp Anthony Bale\u003cbr\u003e 21. Christine de Pizan: women's literary culture and Anglo-French politics Nancy Bradley Warren\u003cbr\u003e 22. Beyond borders: women poets in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales up to c. 1500 Cathryn A. Charnell-White.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46294255599896,"sku":"9781108835916","price":103.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108835916i_caa68e44-8add-4539-9f6f-e676ff18e16b.jpg?v=1696727285","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/women-and-medieval-literary-culture-from-the-early-middle-ages-to-the-fifteenth-century-hardback-9781108835916","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}