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A companion to Hrotsvit of Gandersheim (fl. 960) : contextual and interpretive approaches /

Hrotsvit, a canoness in the German convent Gandersheim, wrote Latin poems, stories, plays, and histories during the reign of Emperor Otto the Great (962-973). She expresses a strong sense of authorial mission in letters, prefaces, and dedications. These personal writings, as well as her full literar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Brown, Phyllis Rugg, 1949-, Wailes, Stephen L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
Colección:Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; v. 34.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Hrotsvit and Her World / Stephen L. Wailes and Phyllis R. Brown
  • Hrotsvit and Her Works / Walter Berschin
  • Hrotsvit in Context: Convents and Culture in Ottonian Germany / Jane Stevenson
  • Hrotsvit's Theology of Virginity and Continence / Gary Macy
  • The Sacred Stories in Verse / Stephen L. Wailes
  • Hrotsvit's Plays / Stephen L. Wailes
  • The Necessity of Hrotsvit: Evangelizing Theatre / Michael A. Zampelli
  • David rex fidelis? Otto the Great, the Gesta Ottonis, and the Primordia coenobii Gandeshemensis / Jay T. Lees
  • Hrotsvit's Apostolic Mission: Prefaces, Dedications, and Other Addresses to Readers / Phyllis R. Brown
  • Virginity and Other Sexualities / Lisa M.C. Weston
  • Strong Voice(s) of Hrotsvit: Male-Female Dialogue / Florence Newman
  • The Audiences of Hrotsvit / Linda A. McMillin
  • Hrotsvit and Her Avatars / Katrinette Bodarwé
  • Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index.