Volltext herunterladen
(1.570 MB)
Zitationshinweis
Bitte beziehen Sie sich beim Zitieren dieses Dokumentes immer auf folgenden Persistent Identifier (PID):
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-88503-1
Export für Ihre Literaturverwaltung
Authority and Authorship in Medieval and Seventeenth Century Women's Visionary Writings
[Dissertation]
Abstract 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, the author analyses medieval visionary writings by Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe in co... mehr
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, the author 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 Carey, Anne Wentworth and Katherine Chidley, in order to investigate how these women authorised 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.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Frau; Literatur; Mittelalter; frühe Neuzeit
Klassifikation
Literaturwissenschaft, Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik
Freie Schlagwörter
Gender; Authority; Authorship; Visionary Writings; Voice; British Studies; Literary Studies
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2021
Verlag
transcript Verlag
Erscheinungsort
Bielefeld
Seitenangabe
153 S.
Schriftenreihe
Lettre
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839456897
ISBN
978-3-8394-5689-7
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)