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Late-Medieval German Women´s Poetry: Secular and Religious Songs
Roger Hargreaves
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A considerable collection of German women's poetry in translation, results of ingenious archival research. Although there were a number of outstanding women writers of the late middle ages, it was not thought that women composed lyric poetry. Classen proves this to be a misconception, presenting here a selection of secular love songs and religious hymns composed by fifteenth- and sixteenth-century German women poets, translated for the first time. Many seem to have left their works anonymously, or hid their names using acrostics; in these and other cases, Classen has identified a considerable corpus of writing which now fills ... Read more
A considerable collection of German women's poetry in translation, results of ingenious archival research. Although there were a number of outstanding women writers of the late middle ages, it was not thought that women composed lyric poetry. Classen proves this to be a misconception, presenting here a selection of secular love songs and religious hymns composed by fifteenth- and sixteenth-century German women poets, translated for the first time. Many seem to have left their works anonymously, or hid their names using acrostics; in these and other cases, Classen has identified a considerable corpus of writing which now fills ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
Number of Pages
164
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843842965
SKU
V9781843842965
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99-1
About Roger Hargreaves
ALBRECHT CLASSEN is University Distinguished Professor of German Studies at the University of Arizona; he received the title of Grand Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Three Lions in 2017, in recognition of his outstanding service to German studies.
Reviews for Late-Medieval German Women´s Poetry: Secular and Religious Songs
An important contribution to the study of medieval and early modern German women's literature, and Classen's search for new female authors will certainly have an altering impact on the literary canon, serving as an inspiration to women's studies across interdisciplinary lines.
THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW
THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW