LEADER 04193nam 22006855 450 001 9911061839103321 005 20260128120356.0 010 $a3-032-07232-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-032-07232-0 035 $a(CKB)45053472600041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32527723 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32527723 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-032-07232-0 035 $a(EXLCZ)9945053472600041 100 $a20260128d2026 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLate Medieval Female Subject Consciousness $eItalian and English Mystics, Boccaccio, Chaucer, and Beyond /$fby Stephanie Amsel 205 $a1st ed. 2026. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2026. 215 $a1 online resource (209 pages) 225 1 $aThe New Middle Ages,$x2945-5944 311 08$a3-032-07231-X 327 $a1. 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. 330 $aLate Medieval Female Subject Consciousness: Italian and English Mystics brings together disparate feminist theoretical approaches to explore the formation of medieval female subject consciousness in writings by female mystics including Angela of Foligno, Catherine of Siena, and Margery Kempe, as well as secular writings of Christine de Pizan, and powerful female characters of Giovanni Boccaccio and Geoffrey Chaucer. The rise of what Amsel calls ?medieval female subject consciousness? shows that increased self-awareness and sense of self relates to how the authorship of texts reconstructs traditional female roles, particularly in Italian and English. These writing women challenged prevailing norms as they forged literal and figurative spaces to self-actualize through writing, even if the act of writing was performed by male amanuenses. This book explores how Boccaccio and Chaucer serve as witnesses by creating female characters who reflect changes in women?s writing in late medieval society in Italy and England. Stephanie Amsel is Director of the Writing and Reasoning Program in the English Department Southern Methodist University, USA, where she teaches writing and medieval literature. Amsel is the Chaucer bibliographer for the New Chaucer Society and produces a yearly Chaucer bibliography report in Studies in the Age of Chaucer. Her other works include Annotated Chaucer Bibliography: 1997-2010, with Mark Allen (Manchester University Press) and African Dreams and Other Matters (Finishing Line Press). She is a poet and has received awards for her poetry and short fiction; her poems have appeared in Fog City Review, Sagebrush Review, The Quiet Born from Talk: A Festschrift for Wendy Barker, and Ilya?s Honey. 410 0$aThe New Middle Ages,$x2945-5944 606 $aLiterature, Medieval 606 $aEurope$xHistory$x476-1492 606 $aLiterature$xPhilosophy 606 $aFeminism and literature 606 $aPhilosophy, Medieval 606 $aWomen$xHistory 606 $aMedieval Literature 606 $aHistory of Medieval Europe 606 $aFeminist Literary Theory 606 $aMedieval Philosophy 606 $aWomen's History / History of Gender 615 0$aLiterature, Medieval. 615 0$aEurope$xHistory$x476-1492. 615 0$aLiterature$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aFeminism and literature. 615 0$aPhilosophy, Medieval. 615 0$aWomen$xHistory. 615 14$aMedieval Literature. 615 24$aHistory of Medieval Europe. 615 24$aFeminist Literary Theory. 615 24$aMedieval Philosophy. 615 24$aWomen's History / History of Gender. 676 $a809.892870902 700 $aAmsel$b Stephanie$01891853 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911061839103321 996 $aLate Medieval Female Subject Consciousness$94536178 997 $aUNINA