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Barking Abbey and Medieval Literary Culture
Dr. Jennifer N Brown (Ed.)
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Description for Barking Abbey and Medieval Literary Culture
Hardcover.
[An] admirable collection. . For anyone interested in what Wogan-Browne calls "the historiography of female community", nuns' libraries and literacy, and Barking abbey itself, this first-class collection of essays is essential reading. CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW Essays on the texts produced at Barking Abbey - one of the most important centres for writings in the Middle Ages.
[An] admirable collection. . For anyone interested in what Wogan-Browne calls "the historiography of female community", nuns' libraries and literacy, and Barking abbey itself, this first-class collection of essays is essential reading. CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW Essays on the texts produced at Barking Abbey - one of the most important centres for writings in the Middle Ages.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
York Medieval Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
York, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781903153437
SKU
V9781903153437
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99-50
About Dr. Jennifer N Brown (Ed.)
JENNIFER N. BROWN is Professor of English and World Literatures at Marymount Manhattan College. JENNIFER N. BROWN is Professor of English and World Literatures at Marymount Manhattan College. KAY BRAINERD SLOCUM is Emerita Professor at Capital University, Ohio. THOMAS O'DONNELL is Associate Professor of English and Medieval Studies at Fordham University, New York, USA.
Reviews for Barking Abbey and Medieval Literary Culture
To be welcomed as a significant study of female literacy and monastic life in the Middle Ages.
ENGLISH
A strong resource.
MAGISTRA 19.1, Summer 2013
[E]minent scholars from various disciplines present a variety of topics and approaches, that, taken together, emphasize the abbey's importance. The result is a volume that merits a place alongside other works ... Read more
ENGLISH
A strong resource.
MAGISTRA 19.1, Summer 2013
[E]minent scholars from various disciplines present a variety of topics and approaches, that, taken together, emphasize the abbey's importance. The result is a volume that merits a place alongside other works ... Read more