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Hrotsvit wrote stories, plays, and histories during the reign of Emperor Otto the Great (962-973). Twelve original essays survey her work, showing historical roots and contexts, Christian values, and a surprisingly modern grappling with questions of identity and female self-realization.

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Author:   Phyllis R. Brown ,  Stephen L. Wailes
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   34
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.778kg
ISBN:  

9789004229624

ISBN 10:   9004229620
Pages:   396
Publication Date:   12 October 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Editions, Translations, and Abbreviations Canon and Titles PART I INTRODUCTION Chapter One: Hrotsvit and Her World Stephen L. Wailes Chapter Two: Hrotsvit and Her Works Walter Berschin Hrotsvit’s Mind and Spirit Chapter Three: Hrotsvit in Context: Convents and Culture in Ottonian Germany Jane Stevenson Chapter Four: Hrotsvit’s Theology of Virginity and Continence Gary Macy PART II HROTSVIT’S WRITINGS: CHARACTERISTICS AND PROBLEMS Chapter Five: The Sacred Stories in Verse Stephen L. Wailes Chapter Six: Hrotsvit’s Plays Stephen L. Wailes Chapter Seven: The Necessity of Hrotsvit: Evangelizing Theatre Michael Zampelli, S. J. Chapter Eight: David rex fidelis? Otto the Great, the Gesta Ottonis, and the Primordia coenobii Gandeshemensis Jay T. Lees Chapter Nine: Hrotsvit’s Apostolic Mission: Prefaces, Dedications, and Other Addresses to Readers Phyllis R. Brown SECTION III ENDURING ISSUES Chapter Ten: Virginity and other Sexualities Lisa M.C. Weston Chapter Eleven: Strong Voice(s) of Hrotsvit: Male-Female Dialogue Florence Newman Chapter Twelve: The Audiences of Hrotsvit Linda A. McMillin Chapter Thirteen: Hrotsvit and her Avatars Katrinette Bodarwé Bibliography Contributor Biographies Index

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Most pleasantly, each contribution was written in an accessible fashion, without ever losing the high scholarly level. We can truly commend the editors for having created a marvelous foundation for future research on Hrotsvit. Albrecht Classen, University of Arizona. In: Mediaevistik, 26, 2013, p. 339.

Author Information

Phyllis R. Brown, Ph.D. (1979) in English, University of Oregon, is Associate Provost at Santa Clara University. She co-edited Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: Contexts, Identities, Affinities, and Performances (2004) and Women Writing Latin: From Roman Antiquity to Early Modern Europe (2002). Stephen L. Wailes, Ph.D. (1968) in Germanic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University, is Professor Emeritus of Germanic Studies, Indiana University. Among his publications on medieval writing is Spirituality and Politics in the Works of Hrotsvit of Gandersheim (Selinsgrove, 2006).

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