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Record Number:
16855
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Bartlett , Anne Clark.
Contributor(s):
Title:
“Delicious Matyr”: Feminine Courtesy in Middle English Devotional Literature for Women [The author explores how devotional texts addressed to women readers often used the discourses of courtly literature and romances, while at the same time critiquing these literary conventions. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Essays in Medieval Studies 9, ( 1992): Pages 9 - 18.
Description:
Article Type:
Journal Article
Subject
(See Also)
:
Ancrene Wisse, Middle English Devotional Work
Courtesy in Literature
Courtly Literature
Devotional Literature
Femininity
Gender
Kempe, Margery, Mystic
Lay Piety
Mystics
Readers
Richard Rolle of Hampole, Mystic
Romance, Literary Genre
Women Authors
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
13, 15
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Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
1992.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
10432213