Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index

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1. Record Number: 13657
Author(s): Hutchison, Ann M.
Contributor(s):
Title : Approaching Medieval Women Mystics in the Twenty-First Century [The author briefly explores themes of interest to students including gender issues, manuscripts and textual transmission, and connections among the women mystics. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Approaching Medieval English Anchoritic and Mystical Texts. Christianity and Culture: Issues in Teaching and Research Series, Volume 2. Edited by Dee Dyas, Valerie Edden, and Roger Ellis . D. S. Brewer, 2005. Pages 175 - 183.
Year of Publication: 2005.

2. Record Number: 13658
Author(s): Glasscoe, Marion.
Contributor(s):
Title : Contexts for Teaching Julian of Norwich [The author identifies difficulties which Julian poses for students who have no knowledge of the Middle Ages. Glasscoe identifies passages and themes, including the Trinity and the authority conveyed by visions, that work well with beginning students. She also identifies some related texts including the Middle English version of "Stabat Mater" that explore themes similar to those of Julian's texts. The Appendix presents "Stond wel moder, under rode," a portion of the Middle English "Stabat Mater." Title note supplied by Feminae.].

3. Record Number: 13655
Author(s): Windeatt, Barry.
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Title : I Use but Comownycacyon and Good Wordys: Teaching and "The Book of Margery Kempe" [The author argues that scholars have tended to discount Kempe's inner life. Windeatt draws attention to her as a contemplative, praising the prayers throughout her book. Furthermore her conversations with Jesus Christ, Mary, and other holy figures offer important teachings for Margery and her readers. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

4. Record Number: 13659
Author(s): Innes-Parker, Catherine.
Contributor(s):
Title : Learning by Doing: Margery Kempe and Students Today [The author presents an assignment used in her English class in which students act as witnesses, prosecutors, and defenders in the trial of Margery Kempe for heresy and disrupting the social order. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

5. Record Number: 11393
Author(s): Morrison, Susan Signe
Contributor(s):
Title : Surveying Students' Reactions to Theory in a Medieval Women Writers Course [Survey questions with selected responses concerning feminist theory in an undergraduate elective course at Texas State University, San Marcos. Title note supplied by Feminae.]

Source: Medieval Feminist Forum , 37., (Spring 2004): Pages 27 - 30.
Year of Publication: 2004.

6. Record Number: 7823
Author(s): Halloran, Susan.
Contributor(s):
Title : Gender and Identity: Teaching the Middle Ages in a College Survey Class [The author argues that the "otherness" of medieval literature can be overcome for students by concentrating on the themes of gender and identity. She speaks about experiences in her world literature survey class. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching: SMART , 8., 1 (Spring 2000): Pages 53 - 59.
Year of Publication: 2000.

7. Record Number: 6347
Author(s): Jewett, Margaret.
Contributor(s):
Title : Water Down the Ventriloquist's Throat: Testing the Voice of the Middle Ages on Film [The author discusses her experiences in teaching medieval literature using films; she warns that it requires a good deal of preparation and class time to bring out the complex issues of representation and audience reception].

Source: Medieval Feminist Newsletter Subsidia Series , 1., ( 2000): Pages 63 - 68. (Medieval Women in Film)
Year of Publication: 2000.

8. Record Number: 7822
Author(s):
Contributor(s):
Title : Seeing Double: Reflections In (and On) the Mirrors of Joan of Arc [The author reflects on her experiences teaching a course on Joan of Arc in the English Department. She and her students read a wide variety of medieval and modern texts. They were particularly struck by the personal, sometimes autobiographical elements, which the author included. Astell concludes by giving examples drawn from the course readings including texts by Jules Michelet, Mark Twain, Christine de Pizan, Lillian Hellman, and Vita Sackville-West. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching: SMART , 7., 2 (Fall 1999): Pages 5 - 15.
Year of Publication: 1999.

9. Record Number: 5249
Author(s): Maréchal, Chantal A..
Contributor(s):
Title : Marie de France Studies: Past, Present, and Future

Source: Envoi: A Review Journal of Medieval Literature , 8., 2 (Fall 1999): Pages 105 - 125.
Year of Publication: 1999.

10. Record Number: 7342
Author(s): Saul, MaryLynn.
Contributor(s):
Title : Using a Hypertext Web to Teach the Theme of Love in the Middle Age [The author discusses her experiences teaching about courtly love in Arthurian literature using hypertext. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching: SMART , 5., 2 (Fall 1997): Pages 87 - 95.
Year of Publication: 1997.

11. Record Number: 7341
Author(s): Rasmussen, Mark David.
Contributor(s):
Title : Feminist Chaucer? Some Implications for Teaching [The author briefly examines the approaches of Jill Mann ("Geoffrey Chaucer" (1991) in the "Feminist Readings" series) and Elaine Tuttle Hansen ("Chaucer and the Fictions of Gender" (1992)). He argues that Mann's approach is humanist, taking a positive view of Chaucer's representation of women. Hansen, the author feels, has a much more negative interpretation of Chaucer as a misogynist who feared feminization and struggled to establish his own identity unrelated to female characteristics. Title note supplied by Feminae.]

Source: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching: SMART , 5., 2 (Fall 1997): Pages 77 - 85.
Year of Publication: 1997.

12. Record Number: 13836
Author(s): Hanna, Ralph, III
Contributor(s):
Title : Brewing Trouble: On Literature and History -- and Alewives [The author critically examines Judith Bennett's analysis of alewives in Middle English literature, in particular in Langland's "Piers Plowman." Hanna argues that misogyny is just one factor animating the portrayals and points to a distrust of people in the food trade, a concern with profit over and above a proper return, and the need to restrain pleasure. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Bodies and Disciplines: Intersections of Literature and History in Fifteenth-Century England. Edited by Barbara A. Hanawalt and David Wallace . Medieval Cultures series, 9. University of Minnesota Press, 1996. Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching: SMART , 5., 2 (Fall 1997): Pages 1 - 17.
Year of Publication: 1996.

13. Record Number: 1587
Author(s): Kinney, Clare R.
Contributor(s):
Title : Theory and Pedagogy [paper from "Teaching Chaucer in the Nineties" delivered originally at the meeting of the New Chaucer Society, Trinity College, Dublin, 1994].

Source: Exemplaria: A Journal of Theory in Medieval and Renaissance Studies , 8., 2 (Fall 1996): Pages 455 - 457.
Year of Publication: 1996.

14. Record Number: 4924
Author(s): Bartlett, Anne Clark.
Contributor(s):
Title : An Entrepreneurial Approach to the Job Market

Source: Medieval Feminist Newsletter , 18., (Fall 1994): Pages 19 - 22.
Year of Publication: 1994.