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Literary Agency of Medieval Women
Kunigund Niklasin and the Library of St. Catherine's in Nuremberg
AvSara S. Poor
E-bok
Engelska, 2026
744 kr
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What do we miss when we see women's agency only through the lens of transgression? What happens when we expand our notion of authorship to include women who were writing books but not necessarily composing 'original' texts? To answer these questions, Sara Poor explores the writing work of the prolific nun, Kunigund Niklasin (d. 1457), scribe and compiler of at least thirty-one books by the 1450s, and the librarian for her convent's large and singular library (close to 600 German-language manuscripts). Appointed to the office of librarian sometime after the convent underwent observant reform in 1428, Niklasin created two inventories of the convent's books, one of privately owned books, the other of the convent library. The latter was part of a unique manual designed to facilitate table reading, the reading (aloud) that took place during daily meals. The analysis of this table reading manual reveals that there is in fact a wide range of writing activity attributable to women in this period. Building on scholarship about women's literacy, as well as about the connections between women in fifteenth-century reformed convents and what has been called an explosion of literary production in German-speaking areas, The Literary Agency of Medieval Women explores the wider implications of this rich resource for a more inclusive theory of female agency, an expanded notion of authorship, and a nuanced appreciation of the important roles of medieval women as writers--and authors--in the history of the book.
Literary Agency of Medieval Women
Kunigund Niklasin and the Library of St. Catherine's in Nuremberg
AvSara S. Poor
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2026
746 kr
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What do we miss when we see women's agency only through the lens of transgression? What happens when we expand our notion of authorship to include women who were writing books but not necessarily composing 'original' texts? To answer these questions, Sara Poor explores the writing work of the prolific nun, Kunigund Niklasin (d. 1457), scribe and compiler of at least thirty-one books by the 1450s, and the librarian for her convent's large and singular library (close to 600 German-language manuscripts). Appointed to the office of librarian sometime after the convent underwent observant reform in 1428, Niklasin created two inventories of the convent's books, one of privately owned books, the other of the convent library. The latter was part of a unique manual designed to facilitate table reading, the reading (aloud) that took place during daily meals. The analysis of this table reading manual reveals that there is in fact a wide range of writing activity attributable to women in this period. Building on scholarship about women's literacy, as well as about the connections between women in fifteenth-century reformed convents and what has been called an explosion of literary production in German-speaking areas, The Literary Agency of Medieval Women explores the wider implications of this rich resource for a more inclusive theory of female agency, an expanded notion of authorship, and a nuanced appreciation of the important roles of medieval women as writers--and authors--in the history of the book.
Mysticism and Reform, 1400–1750
AvSara S. Poor,Nigel Smith
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
453 kr
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The apparent disappearance of mysticism in the Protestant world after the Reformation used to be taken as an example of the arrival of modernity. However, as recent studies in history and literary history reveal, the "Reformation" was not experienced in such a drastically transformative manner, not least because the later Middle Ages itself was marked by a series of reform movements within the Catholic Church in which mysticism played a central role.In Mysticism and Reform, 1400-1750, contributors show that it is more accurate to characterize the history of early modern mysticism as one in which relationships of continuity within transformations occurred. Rather than focus on the departures of the sixteenth-century Reformation from medieval traditions, the essays in this volume explore one of the most remarkable yet still under-studied chapters in its history: the survival and transformation of mysticism between the late Middle Ages and the early modern period.With a focus on central and northern Europe, the essays engage such subjects as the relationship of Luther to mystical writing, the visual representation of mystical experience in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century art, mystical sermons by religious women of the Low Countries, Valentin Weigel's recasting of Eckhartian gelassenheit for a Lutheran audience, and the mysticism of English figures such as Gertrude More, Jane Lead, Elizabeth Hooten, and John Austin, the German Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg, and the German American Marie Christine Sauer.
Mysticism and Reform, 1400–1750
AvSara S. Poor,Nigel Smith
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
1 071 kr
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The apparent disappearance of mysticism in the Protestant world after the Reformation used to be taken as an example of the arrival of modernity. However, as recent studies in history and literary history reveal, the "Reformation" was not experienced in such a drastically transformative manner, not least because the later Middle Ages itself was marked by a series of reform movements within the Catholic Church in which mysticism played a central role.In Mysticism and Reform, 1400-1750, contributors show that it is more accurate to characterize the history of early modern mysticism as one in which relationships of continuity within transformations occurred. Rather than focus on the departures of the sixteenth-century Reformation from medieval traditions, the essays in this volume explore one of the most remarkable yet still under-studied chapters in its history: the survival and transformation of mysticism between the late Middle Ages and the early modern period.With a focus on central and northern Europe, the essays engage such subjects as the relationship of Luther to mystical writing, the visual representation of mystical experience in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century art, mystical sermons by religious women of the Low Countries, Valentin Weigel's recasting of Eckhartian gelassenheit for a Lutheran audience, and the mysticism of English figures such as Gertrude More, Jane Lead, Elizabeth Hooten, and John Austin, the German Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg, and the German American Marie Christine Sauer.
Mechthild of Magdeburg and Her Book
Gender and the Making of Textual Authority
AvSara S. Poor
E-bok
Engelska, 2013
1 423 kr
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Sometime around 1230, a young woman left her family and traveled to the German city of Magdeburg to devote herself to worship and religious contemplation. Rather than living in a community of holy women, she chose isolation, claiming that this life would bring her closer to God. Even in her lifetime, Mechthild of Magdeburg gained some renown for her extraordinary book of mystical revelations, The Flowing Light of the Godhead, the first such work in the German vernacular. Yet her writings dropped into obscurity after her death, many assume because of her gender.In Mechthild of Magdeburg and Her Book, Sara S. Poor seeks to explain this fate by considering Mechthild's own view of female authorship, the significance of her choice to write in the vernacular, and the continued, if submerged, presence of her writings in a variety of contexts from the thirteenth through the nineteenth century. Rather than explaining Mechthild's absence from literary canons, Poor's close examination of medieval and early modern religious literature and of contemporary scholarly writing reveals her subject's shifting importance in a number of differently defined traditions, high and low, Latin and vernacular, male- and female-centered.While gender is often a significant factor in this history, Poor demonstrates that it is rarely the only one. Her book thus corrects late twentieth-century arguments about women writers and canon reform that often rest on inadequate notions of exclusion. Mechthild of Magdeburg and Her Book offers new insights into medieval vernacular mysticism, late medieval women's roles in the production of culture, and the construction of modern literary traditions.
Mechthild of Magdeburg and Her Book
Gender and the Making of Textual Authority
AvSara S. Poor
Inbunden, Engelska, 2004
1 010 kr
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Sometime around 1230, a young woman left her family and traveled to the German city of Magdeburg to devote herself to worship and religious contemplation. Rather than living in a community of holy women, she chose isolation, claiming that this life would bring her closer to God. Even in her lifetime, Mechthild of Magdeburg gained some renown for her extraordinary book of mystical revelations, The Flowing Light of the Godhead, the first such work in the German vernacular. Yet her writings dropped into obscurity after her death, many assume because of her gender.In Mechthild of Magdeburg and Her Book, Sara S. Poor seeks to explain this fate by considering Mechthild's own view of female authorship, the significance of her choice to write in the vernacular, and the continued, if submerged, presence of her writings in a variety of contexts from the thirteenth through the nineteenth century. Rather than explaining Mechthild's absence from literary canons, Poor's close examination of medieval and early modern religious literature and of contemporary scholarly writing reveals her subject's shifting importance in a number of differently defined traditions, high and low, Latin and vernacular, male- and female-centered.While gender is often a significant factor in this history, Poor demonstrates that it is rarely the only one. Her book thus corrects late twentieth-century arguments about women writers and canon reform that often rest on inadequate notions of exclusion. Mechthild of Magdeburg and Her Book offers new insights into medieval vernacular mysticism, late medieval women's roles in the production of culture, and the construction of modern literary traditions.
Gender Bonds, Gender Binds
Women, Men, and Family in Middle High German Literature
AvOlga V. Trokhimenko,Alison L. Beringerm. fl.
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2021
1 588 kr
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While Gender Studies has made its mark on literary studies, much scholarship on the German Middle Ages is largely inaccessible to the Anglo-American audience. With gender at its core as a category of analysis, "Gender Bonds, Gender Binds"uniquely opens up medieval German material to English speakers. Recognizing the impact of Ann Marie Rasmussen’s Mothers and Daughters in Medieval German Literature, this transatlantic volume expands on questions introduced in her 1997 book and subsequent work. More than a mere tribute, the collection moves the debates forward in new directions: it examines how gender bonds together people, practices, texts, and interpretive traditions, while constraining and delimiting these things socially, ideologically, culturally, or historically. As the contributions demonstrate, a close, materially focused analysis produces complex results, not easily reduced to a platitude. The essays steer a firm course through the terrain of gender bonds and binds, many of which remain challenging in the present. Herein lies the broader reach of this volume, for understanding the longevity of patriarchy and its effects on human relations demonstrates how crucial the study of the past can be for us as a society today.
Gender Bonds, Gender Binds
Women, Men, and Family in Middle High German Literature
AvOlga V. Trokhimenko,Alison L. Beringerm. fl.
E-bok
Engelska, 2021
1 588 kr
Läs direkt efter köp
While Gender Studies has made its mark on literary studies, much scholarship on the German Middle Ages is largely inaccessible to the Anglo-American audience. With gender at its core as a category of analysis, "Gender Bonds, Gender Binds"uniquely opens up medieval German material to English speakers. Recognizing the impact of Ann Marie Rasmussen’s Mothers and Daughters in Medieval German Literature, this transatlantic volume expands on questions introduced in her 1997 book and subsequent work. More than a mere tribute, the collection moves the debates forward in new directions: it examines how gender bonds together people, practices, texts, and interpretive traditions, while constraining and delimiting these things socially, ideologically, culturally, or historically. As the contributions demonstrate, a close, materially focused analysis produces complex results, not easily reduced to a platitude. The essays steer a firm course through the terrain of gender bonds and binds, many of which remain challenging in the present. Herein lies the broader reach of this volume, for understanding the longevity of patriarchy and its effects on human relations demonstrates how crucial the study of the past can be for us as a society today.
Gender Bonds, Gender Binds
Women, Men, and Family in Middle High German Literature
AvSara S. Poor,Alison L. Beringerm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
296 kr
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While Gender Studies has made its mark on literary studies, much scholarship on the German Middle Ages is largely inaccessible to the Anglo-American audience. With gender at its core as a category of analysis, "Gender Bonds, Gender Binds"uniquely opens up medieval German material to English speakers. Recognizing the impact of Ann Marie Rasmussen’s Mothers and Daughters in Medieval German Literature, this transatlantic volume expands on questions introduced in her 1997 book and subsequent work. More than a mere tribute, the collection moves the debates forward in new directions: it examines how gender bonds together people, practices, texts, and interpretive traditions, while constraining and delimiting these things socially, ideologically, culturally, or historically. As the contributions demonstrate, a close, materially focused analysis produces complex results, not easily reduced to a platitude. The essays steer a firm course through the terrain of gender bonds and binds, many of which remain challenging in the present. Herein lies the broader reach of this volume, for understanding the longevity of patriarchy and its effects on human relations demonstrates how crucial the study of the past can be for us as a society today.

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Sara S. Poor – författare

Literary Agency of Medieval Women

Literary Agency of Medieval Women

Mysticism and Reform, 1400–1750

Mysticism and Reform, 1400–1750

Mechthild of Magdeburg and Her Book

Mechthild of Magdeburg and Her Book

Gender Bonds, Gender Binds

Gender Bonds, Gender Binds

Gender Bonds, Gender Binds

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