The History of British Women's Writing, 700-1500 [electronic resource] : Volume One /
Herbert McAvoy, Liz.author.
Watt, Diane.author.
This volume focuses on women's literary history in Britain between 700 and 1500. It brings to the fore a wide range of women's literary activity undertaken in Latin, Welsh and Anglo-Norman alongside that of the English vernacular, demanding a rethinking of the traditions of literary history, and ultimately the concept of 'writing' itself.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
pt. 1. Pre-texts and contexts -- pt. 2. Bodies, behaviours, and texts -- pt. 3. Literacies and literary cultures -- pt. 4. Female authority.
This volume focuses on women's literary history in Britain between 700 and 1500. It brings to the fore a wide range of women's literary activity undertaken in Latin, Welsh and Anglo-Norman alongside that of the English vernacular, demanding a rethinking of the traditions of literary history, and ultimately the concept of 'writing' itself.
British literature.
Sociology.
Literature, Medieval.
Classical literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Gender Studies.
Medieval Literature.
Classical and Antique Literature.