Feminist approaches to early Medieval English studies

Feminist approaches to early Medieval English studies

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Scholarship on early medieval England has seen an exponential increase in scholarly work by and about women over the past twenty years, but the field has remained peculiarly resistant to the transformative potential of feminist critique. Since 2016, Medieval Studies has been rocked by conversations...

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Other Authors: Norris, Robin, 1974- (Editor), Stephenson, Rebecca, 1975- (Editor), Trilling, Renee Rebecca (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
To 1500
Women and literature > England > History > To 1500.
Feminist literary criticism.
English literature > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • Metacritical Considerations
  • 1 The Lost Victorian Women of Old English Studies
  • 2 Embroidered Narratives
  • 3 Remembering the Lady of Mercia
  • Affect Theory
  • 4 Be a Man, Beowulf
  • 5 Shame, Disgust and Ælfric's Masculine Performance
  • Treatments of Virginity
  • 6 The Ornament of Virginity
  • 7 Chaste Bodies and Untimely Virgins
  • Medical Discourse
  • 8 Monaðgecynd and flewsan
  • 9 Dangerous Voices, Erased Bodies
  • 10 Women and "Women's Medicine" in Early Medieval England, from Text to Practice
  • Women's Literacy
  • 11 The Literate Memory of Hugeburc of Heidenheim
  • 12 A Road Nearly Taken
  • 13 "Historical Accuracy," Anonymity, and Women's Authorship
  • Index

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