The discourse of enclosure : representing women in Old English literature /

"Exploring Old English texts ranging from Beowulf to Aelfric's Lives of Saints, this book examines ways that women's monastic, material, and devotional practices in Anglo-Saxon England shaped literary representations of women and femininity. Horner argues that these representations de...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Horner, Shari, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2001.
Colección:SUNY series in medieval studies.
Temas:
To 1500
English literature > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > History and criticism.
Women and literature > England > History > To 1500.
Feminism and literature > England > History > To 1500.
Women > England > History > Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Enclosure (Monasticism) > History > To 1500.
Women in literature.
Littérature anglaise > ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500.
Féminisme et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500.
Femmes > Angleterre > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Clôture (Monachisme) > Angleterre > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500.
Femmes dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Enclosure (Monasticism)
English literature > Old English
Feminism and literature
Women and literature
Women in literature
Women > Middle Ages
Altenglisch
Literatur
Geschichte
Frau
English Literature.
English.
Languages & Literatures.
England
Altenglisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction The Discourse of Enclosure: Inscribing the Feminine in Old English Literature 1
  • Chapter 1 Looking Into Enclosure in the Old English Female Lyrics 29
  • Chapter 2 Voices From the Margins: Women and Textual Enclosure in Beowulf 65
  • Chapter 3 Textual/Sexual Violence: The Old English Juliana and the Anglo-Saxon Female Reader 101
  • Chapter 4 Bodies and Borders: The Hermeneutics of Enclosure in Elfric's Lives of Female Saints 131
  • Conclusion Christina of Markyate and Legacies of Enclosure 173.

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