"Medieval Women's Writing" is a major new contribution to our
understanding of women's writing in England, 1100-1500. The most
comprehensive account to date, it includes writings in Latin and
French as well as English, and works for as well as by women. Marie
de France, Clemence of Barking, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe,
and the Paston women are discussed alongside the Old English lives
of women saints, The Life of Christina of Markyate, the St Albans
Psalter, and the legends of women saints by Osbern Bokenham.
"Medieval Women's Writing" addresses these key questions:
Who were the first women authors in the English canon?
What do we mean by women's writing in the Middle Ages?
What do we mean by authorship?
How can studying medieval writing contribute to our understanding
of women's literary history?
Diane Watt argues that female patrons, audiences, readers, and
even subjects contributed to the production of texts and their
meanings, whether written by men or women. Only an understanding of
textual production as collaborative enables us to grasp fully
women's engagement with literary culture. This radical rethinking
of early womens literary history has major implications for all
scholars working on medieval literature, on ideas of authorship,
and on women's writing in later periods. The book will become
standard reading for all students of these debates.
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