Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 8534
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Horner , Shari.
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  • Title: En/closed Subjects: "The Wife's Lament" and the Culture of Early Medieval Female Monasticism [The author argues that "The Wife's Lament" should be read within the context of female monastic enclosure; the repeated gendered acts establish a feminine speaking self].
  • Source: Aestel 2, ( 1994): Pages 45 - 61.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Body Gender in Literature Literature- Verse Monasticism Wife's Lament, Old English Elegy Women in Literature
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 10
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Nebraska, Kearney
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  • Year of Publication: 1994.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 10683852