Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: A Florilegium of Her Works

by Hrotsvitha

Book Overview

Selection of the works of Hrotsvit, the first-known woman dramatist, containing legends, dramas, and epics.

Hrotsvit of Gandersheim (c.935 - c.975), almost certainly of noble Saxon parentage, was a canoness of the Saxon imperial abbey of Gandersheim, living and working there during its time of greatest material prosperity and cultural and intellectual pre-eminence. Her importance cannot be overestimated: she is the first poet of Saxony; the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859914895
• ISBN13: 9780859914895
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.5"