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History of British Women’s Writing: vol 1 700-1500
Liz Herbert McAvoy
Swansea University Author: Liz Herbert McAvoy
Abstract
This volume examines and revises women's literary history from 700 to 1500, refuting the general apprehension that there were very few women writers of significance during the Middle Ages. It considers in a new light a wealth of women writers from the period within a context of the deeply multi...
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Palgrave Macmillan
2012
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| Online Access: |
https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9780230235106 |
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa11178 |
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This volume examines and revises women's literary history from 700 to 1500, refuting the general apprehension that there were very few women writers of significance during the Middle Ages. It considers in a new light a wealth of women writers from the period within a context of the deeply multicultural and polylingual milieu which constituted medieval Britain. |
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| Keywords: |
Women's writing; literary history; gender history. |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |