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• catalog abstract ""Warrior queens, courtly lovers, monstrous sinners, divine goddesses, tortured martyrs, beguiling sorceresses, ecstatic visionaries, victims of rape: these are just a few of the roles women often played in medieval literature, and sometimes in medieval life. In Minding the Body, Monica Brzezinski Potkay and Regula Meyer Evitt explore the complex relationship between medieval literature and reality, and consider the extent to which legend imitated life. Female characters are less often portraits of actual women, the authors explain, than representations of medieval cultures idea of an abstract "feminine." Potkay and Evitt study the medieval feminine as defined by both male and female authors, with special attention to Marie de France, Geoffrey Chaucer, Julian of Norwich, and Margery Kempe." "This is a balanced account: Potkay and Evitt outline how deeply entrenched misogyny was in medieval society, while they examine the opportunities open to women in religious and secular life. With solid scholarship and lively prose, the authors succeed in uncovering both the perceptions and realities of female life in medieval Europe. This inclusive survey of current medieval scholarship has the non-specialist in mind, and the authors' forthright and engaging tone will enliven readers' encounters with this dynamic area of study. In addition, as the first comprehensive analysis of the role of gender in major texts written by both men and women in medieval England, this study will be of value to experts in the field of medieval studies."--BOOK JACKET.".
• catalog contributor b10264514.
• catalog contributor b10264515.
• catalog created "c1997.".
• catalog date "1997".
• catalog date "c1997.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
• catalog description ""Warrior queens, courtly lovers, monstrous sinners, divine goddesses, tortured martyrs, beguiling sorceresses, ecstatic visionaries, victims of rape: these are just a few of the roles women often played in medieval literature, and sometimes in medieval life. In Minding the Body, Monica Brzezinski Potkay and Regula Meyer Evitt explore the complex relationship between medieval literature and reality, and consider the extent to which legend imitated life. Female characters are less often portraits of actual women, the authors explain, than representations of medieval cultures idea of an abstract "feminine." Potkay and Evitt study the medieval feminine as defined by both male and female authors, with special attention to Marie de France, Geoffrey Chaucer, Julian of Norwich, and Margery Kempe." "This is a balanced account: Potkay and Evitt outline how deeply entrenched misogyny was in medieval society, while they examine the opportunities open to women in religious and secular life. With solid scholarship and lively prose, the authors succeed in uncovering both the perceptions and realities of female life in medieval Europe. This inclusive survey of current medieval scholarship has the non-specialist in mind, and the authors' forthright and engaging tone will enliven readers' encounters with this dynamic area of study. In addition, as the first comprehensive analysis of the role of gender in major texts written by both men and women in medieval England, this study will be of value to experts in the field of medieval studies."--BOOK JACKET.".
• catalog description "Body and soul: religious constructions of female authorship -- Redeeming ornament: women in Old English literature -- Mirror and window: The courtly lady in Provençal ; Love poetry and English Marian hymns -- Love and marriage: women in the family romance -- When Echo speaks: Marie de France and the poetics of remembrance -- Body broken, body whole: eucharistic devotion, Fabliaux, and the feminine impulse of the Corpus Christi drama -- The female speaker in dream vision: the problem of (women's) language -- Chaucer, rape, and the poetic powers of ventriloquism -- Revaluing the female body, reconceiving motherhood: mysticism and the maternal in Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe -- Beyond the Middle Ages and outside the canon -- Chronology.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-230) and index.".
• catalog extent "xi, 238 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Minding the body.".
• catalog identifier "0805789812 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Minding the body.".
• catalog isPartOf "Twayne's women and literature series".
• catalog issued "1997".
• catalog issued "c1997.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Twayne Publishers ; London : Prentice Hall International,".
• catalog relation "Minding the body.".
• catalog spatial "Great Britain".
• catalog subject "820.9/9287/0902 20".
• catalog subject "Civilization, Medieval, in literature.".
• catalog subject "English literature Middle English, 1100-1500 History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "English literature Old English, approximately 450-1100 History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "English literature Old English, ca. 450-1100 History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "English literature Women authors History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "Human body in literature.".
• catalog subject "Literature, Medieval Women authors History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "PR113 .P68 1997".
• catalog subject "Women Great Britain History Middle Ages, 500-1500.".
• catalog subject "Women and literature Great Britain History To 1500.".
• catalog subject "Women and literature Great Britain History.".
• catalog subject "Women in literature.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Body and soul: religious constructions of female authorship -- Redeeming ornament: women in Old English literature -- Mirror and window: The courtly lady in Provençal ; Love poetry and English Marian hymns -- Love and marriage: women in the family romance -- When Echo speaks: Marie de France and the poetics of remembrance -- Body broken, body whole: eucharistic devotion, Fabliaux, and the feminine impulse of the Corpus Christi drama -- The female speaker in dream vision: the problem of (women's) language -- Chaucer, rape, and the poetic powers of ventriloquism -- Revaluing the female body, reconceiving motherhood: mysticism and the maternal in Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe -- Beyond the Middle Ages and outside the canon -- Chronology.".
• catalog title "Minding the body : women and literature in the Middle Ages, 800-1500 / Monica Brzezinski Potkay and Regula Meyer Evitt.".
• catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".