1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911061839103321

Autore

Amsel Stephanie

Titolo

Late Medieval Female Subject Consciousness : Italian and English Mystics, Boccaccio, Chaucer, and Beyond / / by Stephanie Amsel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2026

ISBN

3-032-07232-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2026.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 pages)

Collana

The New Middle Ages, , 2945-5944

Disciplina

809.892870902

Soggetti

Literature, Medieval

Europe - History - 476-1492

Literature - Philosophy

Feminism and literature

Philosophy, Medieval

Women - History

Medieval Literature

History of Medieval Europe

Feminist Literary Theory

Medieval Philosophy

Women's History / History of Gender

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Defining Medieval Female Subject Consciousness -- 3. Women’s Writing as a Form of Work -- 4. Writing the Body in Medieval Texts -- 5. Witnessing Medieval Female Subject Consciousness in Works of Giovanni Boccaccio and Geoffrey Chaucer -- 6. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Late Medieval Female Subject Consciousness: Italian and English Mystics brings together disparate feminist theoretical approaches to explore the formation of medieval female subject consciousness in writings by female mystics including Angela of Foligno, Catherine of Siena, and Margery Kempe, as well as secular writings of Christine de Pizan, and powerful female characters of Giovanni Boccaccio and



Geoffrey Chaucer. The rise of what Amsel calls “medieval female subject consciousness” shows that increased self-awareness and sense of self relates to how the authorship of texts reconstructs traditional female roles, particularly in Italian and English. These writing women challenged prevailing norms as they forged literal and figurative spaces to self-actualize through writing, even if the act of writing was performed by male amanuenses. This book explores how Boccaccio and Chaucer serve as witnesses by creating female characters who reflect changes in women’s writing in late medieval society in Italy and England. Stephanie Amsel is Director of the Writing and Reasoning Program in the English Department Southern Methodist University, USA, where she teaches writing and medieval literature. Amsel is the Chaucer bibliographer for the New Chaucer Society and produces a yearly Chaucer bibliography report in Studies in the Age of Chaucer. Her other works include Annotated Chaucer Bibliography: 1997-2010, with Mark Allen (Manchester University Press) and African Dreams and Other Matters (Finishing Line Press). She is a poet and has received awards for her poetry and short fiction; her poems have appeared in Fog City Review, Sagebrush Review, The Quiet Born from Talk: A Festschrift for Wendy Barker, and Ilya’s Honey.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996696782703316

Autore

McVaugh M. R (Michael Rogers), <1938->

Titolo

Medicine before the plague : practitioners and their patients in the crown of Aragon, 1285-1345 / / Michael R. McVaugh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge [England] ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 1993

ISBN

9780521412353

0521412358

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 280 p. ) : map ;

Collana

Cambridge history of medicine Medicine before the plague

Cambridge history of medicine

Disciplina

610/.946/5509023

Soggetti

Medical care - Spain - Aragon - History

Social medicine - Spain - Aragon - History

Medicine, Medieval - Spain - Aragon

Medical care - History - Aragon - Spain

Social medicine - History - Spain - Aragon

Professional-Patient Relations

History

Humanities

Delivery of Health Care

Interpersonal Relations

Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation

Psychology, Social

Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms

Psychiatry

History, Medieval

Physician-Patient Relations

History of Medicine

Medicine

Health & Biological Sciences

Europe

Geographic Locations

Spain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-265) and index.