History of British Women's Writing, 700-1500

Amy Appleford, Boston University, USAAlexandra Barratt, University Of Waikato, New ZealandCatherine Batt, University Of Leeds, UKAnke Bernau, University Of Manchester, UKJennifer N. Brown, Marymount Manhattan College, USAJane Cartwright, University Of Wales Trinity St David, UKCatherine A. M. Clarke, Swansea University, UKJames Daybell, University Of Plymouth, UKMary C. Erler, English Fordham University, New York, USALara Farina, West Virginia University, USAAnnette C. Grise, Mcmaster University, CanadaShari Horner, Shippensburg University, USAClare A. Lees, Kings College London, UKCarol M. Meale, University Of Bristol, UKLaura Saetveit Miles, University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USASue Niebrzydowski, Bangor University, UKGillian R. Overing, Wake Forest University, USAElizabeth Robertson, University Of Glasgow, UKMichelle M. Sauer, University Of North Dakota, USACorinne Saunders, Durham University, UKMyra J. Seaman, College Of Charleston, USANancy Bradley Warren, Texas A&M University, USA

• Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Chronology Introduction: Writing a History of Women's Writing from 700 to 1500; L.Herbert McAvoy  & D.Watt PART I: PRE-TEXTS AND CONTEXTS Women and the Origins of English Literature; C.A.Lees  & G.R.Overing Literary Production Before and After the Conquest; C.A.M.Clarke The French of the English and Early British Women's Literary Culture; C.Batt Women Writers in Wales; J.Cartwright Medieval Antifeminism; A.Bernau PART II: BODIES, BEHAVIOURS AND TEXTS Romance; C.Saunders  Saints' Lives; S.Horner  Devotional Literature; M.M.Sauer  Marian Literature; S.Niebryzdowski  Late Medieval Conduct Literature; M.J.Seaman PART III: LITERACIES AND LITERARY CULTURES Women and their Manuscripts; C.M.Meale   Women and Reading; L.Farina  Women and Networks of Literary Production; E.Robertson  Anonymous Writers; L.H.McAvoy   Women Translators; A.Barratt  Women's Letters, 1350-1500; J.Daybell PART IV: FEMALE AUTHORITY Christine de Pizan and Joan of Arc; N.B.Warren  Mary of Oignies; J.N. Brown  Bridget of Sweden; L.Saetveit Miles  Catherine of Siena; A.C. Grisé  Julian of Norwich; A.Appleford  Margery Kempe; D.Watt  'A Revelation of Purgatory'; M.C.Erler Bibliography Index

'This collection is a noteworthy addition to the bibliography on women's contributions to medieval literature...McAvoy and Watt are to be commended for compiling an outstanding collaborative history of women's writings, as well as a significant history of medieval literature. It will be profitably read by anyone interested in medieval literature or women's writing. With its assessments of prior and current scholarship and its generous notes and bibliography, it offers a thorough overview of the field for graduate students, and its informative, well-written, and original essays make it recommended reading for anyone studying women's writing.' - Monica Brzezinski Potkay, The Review of English Studies 'McAvoy and Watt aim with this volume to establish a more engaging and relevant dialogue between past and present, and they succeed. The History of British Women's Writing, 700-1500 is, in fact, an exciting and valuable contribution to the study of medieval literature and feminist studies.' - Make Mag