Authority and authorship in Medieval and seventeenth century women's visionary writings /
Frick, Deborah,
Authority and authorship in Medieval and seventeenth century women's visionary writings / Deborah Frick. - 1 online resource (156 pages). - Lettre .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Conventions -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Weakness and Illness -- The Female Body -- Chapter 2: Women and Politics -- Chapter 3: The Vessel of God -- Voice vs. Mouthpiece -- Conclusion -- Bibliography
Open Access
In medieval and early modern times, female visionary writers used the mode of prophecy to voice their concerns and ideas, against the backdrop of cultural restrictions and negative stereotypes. In this book, Deborah Frick analyses medieval visionary writings by Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe in comparison to seventeenth-century visionary writings by authors such as Anna Trapnel, Mary Cary, Anne Wentworth and Katherine Chidley, in order to investigate how these women authorized themselves in their writings and what topoi they use to find a voice and place of their own. This comparison, furthermore, and the strikingly similar topoi that are used by the female visionaries not only allows to question and examine topics such as authority, authorship, images of voice and body; it also breaks down preconceived and artificial boundaries and definitions.
In English.
3839456894 9783839456897
10.14361/9783839456897 doi
English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
Literature, Medieval--Women authors--History and criticism.
English literature--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700
Authority in literature.
Prophecy in literature.
Authority.
Authorship.
British Studies.
Literary Studies.
Literature.
Visionary Writings.
Voice.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Authority. Authorship. British Studies. Literary Studies. Literature. Visionary Writings. Voice.
Electronic books.
PR117
823/.009382 420
Authority and authorship in Medieval and seventeenth century women's visionary writings / Deborah Frick. - 1 online resource (156 pages). - Lettre .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Conventions -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Weakness and Illness -- The Female Body -- Chapter 2: Women and Politics -- Chapter 3: The Vessel of God -- Voice vs. Mouthpiece -- Conclusion -- Bibliography
Open Access
In medieval and early modern times, female visionary writers used the mode of prophecy to voice their concerns and ideas, against the backdrop of cultural restrictions and negative stereotypes. In this book, Deborah Frick analyses medieval visionary writings by Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe in comparison to seventeenth-century visionary writings by authors such as Anna Trapnel, Mary Cary, Anne Wentworth and Katherine Chidley, in order to investigate how these women authorized themselves in their writings and what topoi they use to find a voice and place of their own. This comparison, furthermore, and the strikingly similar topoi that are used by the female visionaries not only allows to question and examine topics such as authority, authorship, images of voice and body; it also breaks down preconceived and artificial boundaries and definitions.
In English.
3839456894 9783839456897
10.14361/9783839456897 doi
English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
Literature, Medieval--Women authors--History and criticism.
English literature--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700
Authority in literature.
Prophecy in literature.
Authority.
Authorship.
British Studies.
Literary Studies.
Literature.
Visionary Writings.
Voice.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Authority. Authorship. British Studies. Literary Studies. Literature. Visionary Writings. Voice.
Electronic books.
PR117
823/.009382 420