| The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Women's Writing Contributor(s): Dinshaw, Carolyn (Editor), Wallace, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521796385 ISBN-13: 9780521796385 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $37.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2003 Annotation: Beginning with an examination of the different stages of women's lives--childhood, virginity, marriage and widowhood, this Companion addresses various aspects of medieval life that affected women's writing. These include the nature of authorship in the period, the position of women at home or in nunneries, and their relationship to religion. Additional essays cover the lives and work of such prominent women writers as Heloise, Marie de France, Christine de Pizan, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe and Joan of Arc. A chronology and guides to further reading add information which students and scholars will find invaluable. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gender Studies - Literary Criticism | Women Authors - Literary Criticism | Medieval |
| Dewey: 809.892 |
| LCCN: 2003273212 |
| Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.46" W x 9.68" (1.09 lbs) 316 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dinshaw, Carolyn: - Carolyn Dinshaw is Professor of English and Director of the Centre for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at New York University. She is the author of Chaucer's Sexual Poetics (1989), and Getting Medieval: Sexualities and Communities, Pre- and Postmodern (1999).Wallace, David: - David Wallace is Judith Rodin Professor at the Department of English at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the editor of The Cambridge History of Medieval Literature, and the author of Chaucerian Polity. |