The Power of a Woman's Voice in Medieval and Early Modern Literatures

by Albrecht Classen

The study takes the received view among scholars that women in the Middle Ages were faced with sustained misogyny and that their voices were seldom heard in public and subjects it to a critical analysis. The ten chapters deal with various aspects of the question, and the voices of a variety of authors - both female and male - are heard. The study opens with an enquiry into violence against women, including in texts by male writers (Hartmann von Aue,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110199416
• ISBN13: 9783110199413
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 459 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.0"