Overview
Beginning with an examination of the different stages of women's lives--childhood, virginity, marriage and widowhood, this Companion addresses various aspects of medieval life that affected women's writing. These include the nature of authorship in the period, the position of women at home or in nunneries, and their relationship to religion. Additional essays cover the lives and work of such prominent women writers as Heloise, Marie de France, Christine de Pizan, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe and Joan of Arc. A chronology and guides to further reading add information which students and scholars will find invaluable.
- | Author: Carolyn Dinshaw
- | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- | Publication Date: May 22, 2003
- | Number of Pages: 316 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 052179188X
- | ISBN-13: 9780521791885
