Feminist approaches to early Medieval English studies

Scholarship on early medieval England has seen an exponential increase in scholarly work by and about women over the past twenty years, but the field has remained peculiarly resistant to the transformative potential of feminist critique. Since 2016, Medieval Studies has been rocked by conversations...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors:	Norris, Robin, 1974- (Editor), Stephenson, Rebecca, 1975- (Editor), Trilling, Renee Rebecca (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2022.
Subjects:	Women and literature > England > History > To 1500. Feminist literary criticism. English literature > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > History and criticism. Social sciences. Critique féministe. Littérature anglaise > ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais) > Histoire et critique. Sciences sociales. social sciences. Literary studies: classical, early and medieval. Medieval history. HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066). English literature > Old English Feminist literary criticism Women and literature England Ancient, classical and medieval texts. Feminism and feminist theory. European history: medieval period, middle ages. To 1500 Medieval, Old English, women, gender. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History
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Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Metacritical Considerations
1 The Lost Victorian Women of Old English Studies
2 Embroidered Narratives
3 Remembering the Lady of Mercia
Affect Theory
4 Be a Man, Beowulf
5 Shame, Disgust and Ælfric's Masculine Performance
Treatments of Virginity
6 The Ornament of Virginity
7 Chaste Bodies and Untimely Virgins
Medical Discourse
8 Monaðgecynd and flewsan
9 Dangerous Voices, Erased Bodies
10 Women and "Women's Medicine" in Early Medieval England, from Text to Practice
Women's Literacy
11 The Literate Memory of Hugeburc of Heidenheim
12 A Road Nearly Taken
13 "Historical Accuracy," Anonymity, and Women's Authorship
Index