The Cambridge companion to medieval women's writing
By: edited by Carolyn Dinshaw and David Wallace.
Contributors: Dinshaw, Carolyn.; Wallace, David, 1954-
Series: Cambridge companions to literature
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: Literature, Medieval -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Women and literature -- Europe -- History -- To 1500; Women in literature
Other titles: Companion to medieval women's writing; Medieval women's writing
Description: "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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-283) and index.