Cry out and write
Subtitle: a feminine poetics of revelation
By: Edward Peter Nolan.
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Hildegard, Saint, 1098-1179 -- Literary style.; Julian, of Norwich, b. 1343 -- Literary style.; Perpetua, Saint, d. 203 -- Literary style.; Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.; Latin literature, Medieval and modern -- Women authors -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.; Christian literature, English (Middle) -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.; English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.; Christian literature, Latin -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.; Latin literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.; Poetics -- History -- To 1500.; Femininity in literature.; Authorship -- Sex differences.; Revelation in literature.; Women and literature.
Description: Hildegard of Bingen's mission, "Cry Out and Write," could well be a clarion for scores of women writers whose voices are only recently being heard.

This book studies the work of three women - Vibia Perpetua, Hildegard, and Julian of Norwich - who suffered divine revelation, along with a divine imperative to tell the world about it. How did they go about converting the unique experience of holy vision into shareable words and images? What was it like for them, as women in a world dominated by male power, to set the images down accurately, get the meaning of them right - and do so in the form of accepted, authoritative texts?

These are some of the questions Cry Out and Write seeks to answer.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-212) and index.