| Description |
xix, 289 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to literature |
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Cambridge companions to literature.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-283) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Carolyn Dinshaw and David Wallace -- Part 1. Estates of women. Female childhoods / Daniel T. Kline ; Virginities / Ruth Evans ; Marriage / Dyan Elliott -- Widows / Barbara A. Hanawalt ; Between women / Karma Lochrie -- pt. 2. Texts and other spaces. ; Women and authorship / Jennifer Summit ; Enclosure / Christopher Cannon ; At home : out of the house / Sarah Salih ; Beneath the pulpit / Alcuin Blammires -- pt. 3. Medieval women. Heloise / Christopher Baswell ; Marie de France / Roberta L. Krueger ; The Roman de la Rose, Christine de Pizan, and the querelle des femmes / David F. Hult ; Lyrics and romances / Sarah McNamer ; Julian of Norwich / Nicholas Watson ; Margery Kempe / Carolyn Dinshaw ; Continental women mystics and English readers / Alexandra Barratt ; Joan of Arc / Nadia Margolis. |
| Subject |
Literature, Medieval -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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Women in literature.
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Women and literature -- History -- To 1500.
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| Added Author |
Dinshaw, Carolyn.
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Wallace, David, 1954-
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| Added Title |
Companion to medieval women's writing |
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Medieval women's writing |
| ISBN |
052179188X hardback |
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0521796385 paperback |
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