Saints' lives and women's literary culture c. 1150-1300
Subtitle: virginity and its authorizations
By: Jocelyn Wogan-Browne.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism; Women and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500; Virginity -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500; Christian literature, English (Middle) -- History and criticism; English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Women -- Books and reading -- England -- History -- To 1500; Christian women saints -- Legends -- History and criticism; Women -- Religious life -- England -- History -- To 1500; Christian hagiography -- History -- To 1500; Christian saints in literature; Virginity in literature
Description: This volume explores the usefulness of the virgin ideal for widows, wives, and women in religion, and presents a book-length study of women writers in England in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [266]-305) and index.