Katharina M. Wilson
Publisher
Greenwood Press
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Formats
Description
The experiences of women in the Middle Ages have been receiving growing amounts of attention and we are only now beginning to appreciate the full extent of their contributions. Medieval women shaped political and domestic life, founded and nurtured religious orders and created numerous enduring literary works. Comprehensive in scope, meticulous in scholarship and accessible in style to general readers and specialists alike, this encyclopedia offers...
Publisher
The University of Georgia Press
Pub. Date
[1984]
Language
English
Description
This is one of the first anthologies devoted to the writings of women in the Middle Ages. The fifteen women whose works are represented span seven centuries, eight languages, and ten regions or nationalities. Many are recognized, taught, and anthologized in their own countries but have been inaccessible to students in English. Others are little read today because their literary fortunes have paralleled fluctuations in literary taste and literary patronage....
Series
Garland reference library of the humanities volume 698
Publisher
Garland Pub
Pub. Date
c1991
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Hydra Books
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
A Jew's lament to explain why he has not fathered a child: after the Holocaust it is impossible for a Jew to have a normal life. But as his lament continues it becomes clear the roots of his nihilism lie in his childhood. By a Hungarian writer, author of Fateless.
Series
Garland reference library of the humanities volume 1980
Publisher
Garland Pub
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
