Medieval English Prose for Women : Selections from the Katherine Group and Ancrene Wisse Paperback / softback
Edited by Bella (Senior Lecturer in Department of English, Senior Lecturer in Department of English, Millett, Jocelyn (Professor of English, Professor of English, Fordham University, NY) Wogan-Browne
Part of the Clarendon Paperbacks series
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The Ancrene Wisse, a guide for female recluses written in the West Midlands in the early thirteenth century, and the closely related religious works of the `Katherine Group', offer a vivid insight into the religious life of the time, and their rich and varied prose style blends Latin and native English stylistic traditions with remarkable skill and assurance.
The difficulty of their language, however, has made them largely inaccessible except to experts in Middle English, and this edition is designed to introduce them to a wider audience, including undergraduates with limited experience of Middle English and specialists in other disciplines, particularly history, theology, and women's studies.
It provides a representative selection (the last two parts of Ancrene Wisse, and three complete works from the Katherine Group, Hali Meithhad, Sawles Warde, and Seinte Margarete) in new and readable critical texts, with a general introduction, notes, a select glossary, and interleaved translations.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:262 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:17/09/1992
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- ISBN:9780198119975
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:262 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:17/09/1992
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198119975
