Ambiguous Realities: Women in the Middle Ages and Renaissance by Levin, Carole & Watson, Jeanie (Editors) - 1987

Wayne State Univ Pr. Used - Very Good. 1987. Hardcover. Very Good.

Detroit, MI, U.S.A.: Wayne State University Press, 1987. Hardback. Fine/No Dust Jacket.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Detroit, Wayne State University Press 1987. Original publisher's gray cloth hardback, purple lettering spine and frontcover, 8vo: 264pp., 14 contributors, acknowledgements, bibliography, index. Contents: Introduction. 1. Role and Representation in Medieval and Early Renaissance Texts. Boccaccio's In-Famous Women: Gender and Civic Virtue in the ' De mulieribus claris '. Constance Jordan. Zenobia in Medieval and Renaissance Literature. Valerie Wayne. Heloise: Inquiry and the ' Sacra Pagina '. Eileen Kearney. The Frivolities of Courtiers Follow the Footprints of Women: Public Women and the Crisis of Virility in John of Salisbury. Cary J. Nederman & N. Elaine Lawson. 2. Rereadings of Medieval and Renaissance Literary Texts. Domestic teachery in the ' Clerk's Tale '. Deborah S. Ellis. Enid the Disobedient: The Mabinogion's Gereint and Enid. Jeanie Watson. Communication Short-Circuited: Ambiguety and Motivation in the Heptaméron. Karen F. Wiley. Reading Spencer's Faerie Queen - In a… Read More

Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press. Very Good+. 1987. Cloth. 081431872x . Very Good+ condition with soiling and little edgewear to the boards; In Ambiguous Realities: Women in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Carole Levin and Jeanie Watson editors explore the many ways in which women experienced the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The book covers a wide range of topics, including women's rights, life in the convent, the witch craze, and women's participation in the arts. The editors provide informative and well-researched essays that make this book a valuable resource for students and historians.; 8vo ; 263 pages .