Title The history of British women's writing. Volume one, 700-1500 / edited by Elizabeth Herbert McAvoy and Diane Watt

Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 268 pages) Series The History of British Women's Writing History of British Women's Writing Contents pt. 1. Pre-texts and contexts -- pt. 2. Bodies, behaviours, and texts -- pt. 3. Literacies and literary cultures -- pt. 4. Female authority Summary This volume focuses on women's literary history in Britain between 700 and 1500. It brings to the fore a wide range of women's literary activity undertaken in Latin, Welsh and Anglo-Norman alongside that of the English vernacular, demanding a rethinking of the traditions of literary history, and ultimately the concept of 'writing' itself Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed April 30, 2019) Subject English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. English literature -- Women authors Women and literature Great Britain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book Author Herbert McAvoy, Liz, editor. Watt, Diane, 1965- editor ISBN 9780230360020 0230360025

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