Women's writing in Middle English

著者

• Barratt, Alexandra

書誌事項

Women's writing in Middle English

edited by Alexandra Barratt

（Longman annotated texts）

Longman, 2010

2nd ed

• : pbk

注記

Originally published under the Addison Wesley Longman, 1992

Bibliography: p. 335-346

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Women's writing in any period remains of critical concern, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Alexandra Barratt's edition offers a wide range of texts from the period 1300-1500, including: Original texts written by women in the Middle Ages Texts translated by women in the Middle Ages Prayers, meditations, scriptural comment, and accounts of religious experiences Educational writings Romance, poetry Each poem is given a headnote, giving details of composition, manuscript and sources. Full on-page annotation is provided giving details of allusions to contemporary religious, historical and social issues. A general introduction gives context to all the pieces and provides a penetrating account of the role of women in a burgeoning society of literary and cultural transmission

目次

Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Editorial procedure Introduction The Texts (extracts) Middle English Trotula texts Marie de France: Lay le Freine Mechtild of Hackeborn and Gertrude the Great : The Book of Ghostly Grace Marguerite Porete: The Mirror of Simple Souls Elizabeth of Hungary: The Revelations of Saint Elizabeth Bridget of Sweden: The Revelations and The Rule of Our Saviour Catherine of Siena: The Orchard of Syon Julian of Norwich: A Revelation of Love Christine de Pisan: The Epistle of Othea and The Body of Policy A Revelation of Purgatory: A Revelation Showed to a Holy Woman Fifteen Prayers Revealed to a Recluse: The Fifteen Oes Margery Kempe: The Book of Margery Kempe A Collection of Prayers: The Faits and the Passion of Our Lord Jesu Christ Women and the Law Dame Eleanor Hull Juliana Berners: The Book of Hunting The Cellaress of Barking Abbey Some Paston Letters Fifteenth- and early sixteenth-century poems Lady Margaret Beaufort: The Imitation of Christ and The Mirror of Gold to the Sinful Soul Fifteenth- and early sixteenth-century prayers Bibliography Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB05148702
• ISBN:
  • 9781408204146
• LCCN: 2009034121
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Harlow
• ページ数/冊数: xiv, 355 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : PR1120
  • DC22 : 808.8/992870902
• 件名:
  • LCSH : English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500
  • LCSH : Literature, Medieval -- Women authors -- Translations into English
  • LCSH : Women and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500 -- Sources
  • LCSH : Women -- England -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500 -- Sources
  • LCSH : English literature -- Women authors
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA14185790