Woman and the Feminine in Medieval and Early Modern Scottish Writing
Evelyn S. Newlyn
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Description for Woman and the Feminine in Medieval and Early Modern Scottish Writing
Hardcover. Editor(s): Dunnigan, Sarah; Harker, C. Marie. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AFS; 3H; 3JB; DSBB; DSBD; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 455.
This collection is the first critical and theoretical study of women as the subjects of writing and as writers in Medieval and Early-Modern Scottish literature. The essays draw on a diverse range of literary, historical, cultural and religious sources in Scots, Gaelic and English to discover the complex ways in which 'Woman' was represented and by which women represented themselves as creative subjects. Woman and the Feminine in Medieval and Early Modern Scottish Writing brings to light previously unknown writing by women in the early modern period and offers as well new interpretations of early Scottish texts from feminist and ... Read more
This collection is the first critical and theoretical study of women as the subjects of writing and as writers in Medieval and Early-Modern Scottish literature. The essays draw on a diverse range of literary, historical, cultural and religious sources in Scots, Gaelic and English to discover the complex ways in which 'Woman' was represented and by which women represented themselves as creative subjects. Woman and the Feminine in Medieval and Early Modern Scottish Writing brings to light previously unknown writing by women in the early modern period and offers as well new interpretations of early Scottish texts from feminist and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
238
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403911810
SKU
V9781403911810
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About Evelyn S. Newlyn
GORDON DESBRISAY Associate Professor of History, University of Saskatchewan, Canada GARRETT P.J. EPP Professor and Incoming Chair of English, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada DEANNA DELMAR EVANS Professor of English, Bemidji State University, Minnesota, USA ELIZABETH EWAN Professor of History and Scottish Studies, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada MORNA R. FLEMING Deputy Rector teaching at Beath High School, Cowdenbeath, Scotland ... Read more
Reviews for Woman and the Feminine in Medieval and Early Modern Scottish Writing
'This is an impressive volume...the editors should be congratulated...a fascinating collection of essays that genuinely provide a well rounded introduction to Scottish women's writing for the Medieval and Early Modern Periods.' - Professor James Daybell, Central Michigan University