Women and Literature in Britain, 1150-1500
- Author / Editor
- Meale, Carol M, ed.
Women and Literature in Britain, 1150-1500
- Published
- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
- Physical Description
- x, 223 pp.
- Series
- Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature, no. 17.
- Description
- Eight essays on women, literacy, and power in medieval Britain, including discussion of Latin, Anglo-Norman, Welsh,and English materials. Topics include romances, literature for recluses, the social conditions of literacy, female access to literacy, and female literature that has been lost.
- For an essay that pertains to Chaucer, search for Women and Literature in Britain, 1150-1500 under Alternative Title.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.