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Ancrene Wisse introduced through a variety of cultural and critical approaches which establish the originality and interest of the treatise. The thirteenth-century Ancrene Wisse is a guide for female recluses. Addressed to three young sisters of gentle birth, it teaches what truly good anchoresses should and should not do, offering in its examples a glimpse of the real life women had in England in the middle ages. It is also important for its evidence for the continuation of the Anglo-Saxon tradition of prose writing, being produced in the West Midlands where Old English writing conventions continued to develop even after the Norman conquest. The Companion addresses the cultural and historical background, the affiliations of the versions, genre, authorship and language; the various approaches also includea feminist reading of the text. Contributors: ROGER DAHOOD, RICHARD DANCE, A.S.G. EDWARDS, CATHERINE INNES-PARKER, BELLA MILLETT, CHRISTINA VON NOLCKEN, ELIZABETH ROBERTSON, ANNE SAVAGE, D.A. TROTTER, YOKO WADA, NICHOLAS WATSON.

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Author:   Yoko Wada ,  Professor A. S. G. Edwards ,  Dr Anne Savage ,  Bella Millett
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   D.S. Brewer
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.426kg
ISBN:  

9781843842439

ISBN 10:   1843842432
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   18 March 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

What is Ancrene Wisse - Yoko Wada The Genre of Ancrene Wisse - Bella Millett The Communal Authorship of Ancrene Wisse - Anne Savage The AB Language: the Recluse, The Gossip and the Language Historian - Richard Dance The Anglo-French lexis of Ancrene Wisse: a re-evaluation - D A Trotter The Middle English Manuscripts and Early Readers of Ancrene Wisse - A S G Edwards 'This Living Hand': Thirteenth-Century Female Literacy and the Female Reader of Ancrene Wisse - Elizabeth Robertson The Legacy of Ancrene Wisse: Translations, Adaptations, Influences and Audience, with Special Attention to Women Readers - Catherine Innes-Parker The Recluse and its Readers: Some Observations on a Lollard Interpolated Version of Ancrene Wisse - Christina von Nolcken Ancrene Wisse, Religious Reform and the Late Middle Ages - Nicholas Watson Ancrene Wisse and the Identities of Mary Salome - Roger Dahood

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A. S. G. Edwards is Honorary Professor of Medieval Manuscripts at the University of Kent at Canterbury. NICHOLAS WATSON teaches English at Harvard University. His research focuses on medieval English and North European literature, intellectual history, visionary writing and the role of the written vernacular.

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