The History of British Women's Writing, 700-1500: Volume One

by Liz Herbert McAvoy

Book Overview

This volume focuses on women's literary history in Britain between 700 and 1500. It brings to the fore a wide range of women's literary activity undertaken in Latin, Welsh and Anglo-Norman alongside that of the English vernacular, demanding a rethinking of the traditions of literary history, and ultimately the concept of 'writing' itself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137517956
• ISBN13: 9781137517951
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"