Women, Writing and Religion in England and Beyond, 650–1100: Studies in Early Medieval History
Autor Diane Watten Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 feb 2021
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781350239722
ISBN-10: 1350239720
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 6 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Seria Studies in Early Medieval History
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1350239720
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 6 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Seria Studies in Early Medieval History
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
Fills a gap in women's literary studies by focusing on women's writing and literary engagement in the early Middle Ages
Notă biografică
Diane Watt is Professor of English at the University of Surrey, UK. Her previous books include The History of British Women's Writing, 700 to 1500 (2012, co-edited with Liz Herbert McAvoy), and Medieval Women's Writing: Works by and for Women in England, 1100-1500 (2007).
Cuprins
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Note on Texts and Translations General Map Introduction 1 Women's Literary Communities at Ely and Whitby 2 Women Writing at Barking and Minster-in-Thanet 3 Missionary Women's Letters and Poetry 4 Exemplary Missionary Lives 5 (Re)writing Women's History at Wilton Abbey 6 Textual Intimacies in and beyond Wilton Coda Notes Bibliography Index
Recenzii
[A] sustained and compelling case for the critical role played by women in the literary culture of the early medieval period. Widely lauded for its detective work, Watt's book not only presents the fruits of her investigation by highlighting and bringing to our attention women and works that have been overlooked, the book also demonstrates the investigativemethods and speculative processes that enable, and indeed necessitate, a recalibration of academic perspective toward the period.
Watt's most important argument is that we should think of medieval authorship as fundamentally collaborative . Edith [of Wilton]'s story, and that of the women who promoted her cult in the century after her death, shows the value of Watt's undertaking. Shining a light on medieval women's writing brings their other kinds of authority into focus.
Watt's work is exciting because it asks us to look afresh at surviving material, but it also reminds us how much has been lost . [An] ambitious and refreshing work that will still remain shapely after extensive nibbling, infused as it is with scholarly knowledge and a love for English literary 'foremothers.'
Her groundbreaking - and I don't use that word lightly - study suggests that yes, there were many women writers in the early Middle Ages ... This is real literary detective work in action, and it paves the way for more of the same.
A magnificent piece of detective work, which pulls together fragments of evidence to make a compelling case for the importance of religious women in early medieval English literary culture ... A book which deserves to be widely read.
At a time when issues surrounding gender diversity and inclusion still dominate headlines, Watt's book highlights the integral role early women's writing had on English literary history. From poets and patrons to archivists and authors, Watt amplifies the voices of these overlooked women writers, putting their achievements center stage.
This is a theoretically dense book with a wealth of documentation on the high status women of Anglo-Saxon England. The light it throws on the interconnection of the ecclesiastical and political realms means that its interest extends beyond the purely literary.
At last we have a book filling in the gaps in our understanding of the participation of women within the literary culture of the early Middle Ages. Watt brings together a wealth of convincing evidence and establishes herself as a leading pioneer of the painstaking detective work necessary to cast light upon the history of women's intellectual endeavour, from the early medieval period to the present day.
Watt's most important argument is that we should think of medieval authorship as fundamentally collaborative . Edith [of Wilton]'s story, and that of the women who promoted her cult in the century after her death, shows the value of Watt's undertaking. Shining a light on medieval women's writing brings their other kinds of authority into focus.
Watt's work is exciting because it asks us to look afresh at surviving material, but it also reminds us how much has been lost . [An] ambitious and refreshing work that will still remain shapely after extensive nibbling, infused as it is with scholarly knowledge and a love for English literary 'foremothers.'
Her groundbreaking - and I don't use that word lightly - study suggests that yes, there were many women writers in the early Middle Ages ... This is real literary detective work in action, and it paves the way for more of the same.
A magnificent piece of detective work, which pulls together fragments of evidence to make a compelling case for the importance of religious women in early medieval English literary culture ... A book which deserves to be widely read.
At a time when issues surrounding gender diversity and inclusion still dominate headlines, Watt's book highlights the integral role early women's writing had on English literary history. From poets and patrons to archivists and authors, Watt amplifies the voices of these overlooked women writers, putting their achievements center stage.
This is a theoretically dense book with a wealth of documentation on the high status women of Anglo-Saxon England. The light it throws on the interconnection of the ecclesiastical and political realms means that its interest extends beyond the purely literary.
At last we have a book filling in the gaps in our understanding of the participation of women within the literary culture of the early Middle Ages. Watt brings together a wealth of convincing evidence and establishes herself as a leading pioneer of the painstaking detective work necessary to cast light upon the history of women's intellectual endeavour, from the early medieval period to the present day.