Women's Lives: Self-Representation, Reception and Appropriation in the Middle Ages
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Women's Lives: Self-Representation, Reception and Appropriation in the Middle Ages
By (Author) Nahir I. Otano Gracia
Edited by Daniel Armenti
University of Wales Press
University of Wales Press
11th May 2022
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Gender studies: women and girls
305.420902
Physical Properties
Hardback
352
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
What medieval women writers, readers, and characters reveal about gender in the Middle Ages.
The ubiquity of womens voices among the medieval canon demands a reevaluation of womens place in medieval culture. Womens Lives reveals that the reception of women in medieval literature, often models of political transgression, suggests that women embodied more radical equality, agency, and authority than we commonly understand. Contributors explore the lives and stories of well-known medieval women, such as Hildegard of Bingen and Teresa of Cartagena, as well as lesser-known women such as Al-Kahina and Liang Hongyu.
Author Bio
Nahir I. Otao Gracia is assistant professor of English at the University of New Mexico and a member at the Institute for Advanced Study. Daniel Armenti is a visiting lecturer in Italian at the College of the Holy Cross.
