Woman Defamed And Woman Defended: An Anthology of Medieval Texts - Couverture rigide

Blamires, Alcuin

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0198119712 ISBN 13 : 9780198119715

Editeur : Clarendon Press, 1992

Synopsis

Arguably nothing has more profoundly influenced the status of woman in the West than the configuration of chiefly pejorative opinions about her inherited by medieval Christendom, and vigorously propounded by a "torrent" of writers (as it seemed to Christine de Pizan around 1405) from the 11th century onwards. Arguably any attempt to understand the status of woman up to the 19th century will benefit from direct engagement with the main currents of medieval misogyny. Yet, amidst the surge of fresh investigations of woman's role from the Middle Ages onwards, no one book has sought to collect together the key voices of medieval antifeminism, let alone to present the voices (other than Christine's) sometimes raised even at that epoch in defence of woman. The need for a single and substantial sourcebook of these materials in modern translation is met in this volume. The accessibility of the better-known texts here (from Jerome to Walter Map; from Heloise and Abelard to Matheolus and Chaucer) will be welcomed by those engaged in women's studies or in medieval and later culture: the lesser-known writings also represented, concerning for instance the sexual "double standard" and women and the priesthood, will provide unexpected discoveries for specialists and beginners alike.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

'fine anthology ... Woman Defamed and Woman Defended will be staying out on the desk' Times Literary Supplement

'fascinating anthology of medieval writings ... the selections in Woman Defamed are presented in clear, modern English, including many new translations by Blamires ... I admit I took perverse delight in dipping into the wellsprings of Western misogyny. Ultimately, however, skimming for fun and outrage does a disservice to the real importance of Blamires' book. A steady, cumulative reading of the anti-feminist tracts in Woman Defamed is an opportunity to peer into the distant past and find it disturbingly familiar.' Pamela J. Petro, The Women's Review of Book, Vol. X, No. 5/February 1993

A most significant contribution...This anthology meets the urgent need for a single and substantial sourcebook (The Way)

Présentation de l'éditeur

This sourcebook of texts in modern translation makes accessible key anti-feminist works, together with a surprising range of early texts championing women.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Clarendon Press
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198119712
• ISBN 13: 9780198119715
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 342
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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