Inventing womanhood : gender and language in later Middle English writing / Tara Williams.
| Author/creator | Williams, Tara, 1975- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Columbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2011. |
| Description | viii, 209 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Interventions: new studies in medieval culture Interventions (Columbus, Ohio) UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | The origins of womanhood -- Amazons and saints: Chaucer's tales of womanhood -- Beastly women and womanly men: Gower's Confessio amantis -- Lydgate's lady and Henryson's whore: womanhood in the Temple of glas and the Testament of Cresseid -- Vernacularity, femininity, and authority: reinventing motherhood in The shewings of Julian of Norwich and The book of Margery Kempe -- The evolution of womanhood in fifteenth-century discourse. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-204) and index. |
| LCCN | 2010030318 |
| ISBN | 9780814211519 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0814211518 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780814292525 (cd) |
| ISBN | 0814292526 (cd) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR275.W6 W55 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |