The Milieu and Context of the Wooing Group

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2009
University of Wales Press (Verlag)
978-0-7083-2033-4 (ISBN)

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Brings together the interpretations of the Wohunge Group from scholars working on the fields of medieval spirituality, gender, and the anchoritic tradition, providing literary, theological, linguistic, and cultural context for the works associated with the Wohunge Group. This book discusses and explains the impact of these works.

This book brings together the most current interpretations of the Wohunge Group from scholars currently working on the fields of medieval spirituality, gender, and the anchoritic tradition, providing literary, theological, linguistic, and cultural context for the works associated with the Wohunge Group (a collection of texts in English written by an unknown author in the late twelfth to early thirteenth centuries). These works are unique in their context - written almost certainly for a group of women living as anchoresses and recluses who were literate in English and were interested in guidance both in spiritual and worldly issues. The book discusses and explains the impact and significance of these works and situates them within the continuum of medieval theological and literary culture.

Susannah Mary Chewning teaches English and Women's Studies at Union County College in suburban New Jersey. She has published widely on the anchoritic tradition in England, queer theory and gender studies, Chaucer, and English mysticism.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.3.2009
Reihe/Serie	Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages
Zusatzinfo	Not illustrated
Verlagsort	Wales
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7083-2033-3 / 0708320333
ISBN-13	978-0-7083-2033-4 / 9780708320334
Zustand	Neuware