To the glory of her sex : women's roles in the composition of medieval texts /
To the Glory of Her Sex presents an account of medieval women's activities as correspondents, readers, writers, and literary patrons from antiquity through the fourteenth century. The writings explored here represent a cross-section of virtually every field in historical and literary studies, i...
| Основен автор: | Ferrante, Joan M., 1936- (Author) |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
[1997].
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| Серия: |
Women of letters (Bloomington, Ind.)
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=574 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
To the glory of her sex. |
| Резюме: |
To the Glory of Her Sex presents an account of medieval women's activities as correspondents, readers, writers, and literary patrons from antiquity through the fourteenth century. The writings explored here represent a cross-section of virtually every field in historical and literary studies, including Latin literature, romance literature in French, political and religious correspondence, theological and moral treatises written for women, and histories and biographies commissioned by or addressed to women. Reading in the public and private correspondence of medieval women, for example, Ferrante discovered to what degree their involvement in affairs of the world and their role in the work of prominent men have been underestimated. Among the major figures in this panorama are Elisabeth Schonau, Hildegard of Bingen, Hrotsvit, Marie de France, and Christine de Pizan. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xii, 295 pages). |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-282) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0585001278 9780585001272 9780253332547 0253332540 9780253211088 0253211085 |