A Companion to Ancrene Wisse (Hardcover)

Ancrene Wisse introduced through a variety of cultural and critical approaches which establish the originality and interest of the treatise. The thirteenth-century Ancrene Wisse is a guide for female recluses. Addressed to three young sisters of gentle birth, it teaches what truly good anchoresses should and should not do, offering in its examples a glimpse of the real life women had in England in the middle ages. It is also important for its evidence for the continuation of the Anglo-Saxon tradition of prose writing, being produced in the West Midlands where Old English writing conventions continued to develop even after the Norman conquest. The Companion addresses the cultural and historical background, the affiliations of the versions, genre, authorship and language; the various approaches also includea feminist reading of the text. Contributors ROGER DAHOOD, RICHARD DANCE, A.S.G. EDWARDS, CATHERINE INNES-PARKER, BELLA MILLETT, CHRISTINA VON NOLCKEN, ELIZABETH ROBERTSON, ANNE SAVAGE, D.A. TROTTER, YOKO WADA, NICHOLAS WATSON.

General

Imprint:	D.S. Brewer
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2002
First published:	2002
Editors:	Yoko Wada
Contributors:	A.S.G. Edwards • Anne Savage • Bella Millett • Catherine Innes-Parker (Person) • Christina von Nolcken (Contributor) • D.A. Trotter • Elizabeth Robertson (Contributor) • Nicholas Watson (Contributor) • Richard Dance
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	270
ISBN-13:	978-0-85991-762-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Religious groups Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian religious experience > Christian mysticism Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian communities & monasticism Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian communities & monasticism Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian religious experience > Christian mysticism Books > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian communities & monasticism Books > Christianity > Christian Religious Experience > Christian mysticism
LSN:	0-85991-762-2
Barcode:	9780859917629

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