European Women's Letter-writing from the 11th to the 20th Centuries
Clare Monagle, Carolyn James, David Garrioch, Barbara Caine
- Titel
- Women's Writing from the Low Countries 1200-1875
- Subtitel
- A Bilingual Anthology
- Redacteurs
- Lia van Gemert
- Dieuwke van der Poel
- Olga van Marion
- Hermina Joldersma
- Riet Schenkeveld-van der Dussen
- Prijs
- € 88,95 excl. BTW
- ISBN
- 9789089641298
- Uitvoering
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 624
- Taal
- Engels
- Publicatiedatum
- 09 - 12 - 2010
- Afmetingen
- 17 x 22.5 cm
- Discipline
- Taal en Literatuur
Table of Contents - 6
Preface and Acknowledgments - 18
1. Women’s Writing from the Low Countries 1200-1575 - 22
2. Women’s Writing from the Low Countries 1575-1875 - 40
3. Conclusion - 65
Anthology - 70
1. The Daring Flight of a Soaring Bird - 72
2. The Agony and the Ecstasy of Divine Love - 80
3. Inspired and Resolute - 94
4. An Urban Anchoress - 100
5. ‘As Sister Souken was wont to say…’ - 114
6. ‘Some say that this book was written by a woman named Christine’ - 122
7. Recording Practical Experience for Posterity - 131
8. What Every Midwife Needs to Know - 139
9. ‘Just Like a Rose in Bloom’ - 146
10. Word as Weapon in a Holy Mission - 161
11. Adamant Voices from Prison: Female Anabaptists - 177
12. The Gift of Beautiful Words - 192
13. A Blind Guide - 208
14. A Model of Godly Reformed Womanhood - 218
15. A Staunch Catholic - 223
16. Poetic Wit and Self-Deprecation - 233
17. The Truest of Friends - 245
18. Choosing the Better Part - 253
19. Obstinately Pursuing Her Own Course - 261
20. Uncommon Communal Songs from the Brussels Beguinage - 268
21. Anchoress and Autobiographer - 278
22. Contesting the Laurel Crown - 287
23. Opportunities for Women in the Chambers of Rhetoric - 303
24. A Life of Books - 309
25. Courageous and Broad-Minded - 318
26. Strong and Independent - 321
27. The Mystical Songs of an Ambitious ‘Spiritual Daughter’ - 331
28. Unorthodox in Everything - 339
29. Victim of Distortive Editing - 345
30. A Pietist Autobiography - 354
31. Poet for the Love of Her Country - 357
32. The Epitome of an Enlightenment Woman - 375
33. At the Heart of a Student Poetry Society - 386
34. The Unknown International Bestselling Author - 397
35. Fast Friends - 404
36. Writing as a Way of Life - 419
37. Rural Idylls - 429
38. Love, Death and Suffering - 447
39. A Blind Beacon - 455
40. A Manly Spirit in a Sickly Body - 464
41. A Pioneer of Girls’ Education - 472
42. Good Cheer at the Beguinage in Lier - 481
43. The Dutch Joan of Arc - 491
44. An Everyday Patriot - 501
45. Female Psychology - 513
46. Social Criticism from the Belgian Beecher Stowe - 521
47. Competing with the Best - 529
48. A Versatile Pen - 540
49. A Witty Pioneer of Realism - 549
50. A Superb Duo - 560
Bibliography - 577
Index of Names and Subjects - 599
Index of Titles and First Lines - 613
Illustrations - 624
Notes on the Editors, Contributors and Translators - 624
Recensies en Artikelen
This book provides a welcome English translation of a marvelous anthology of women’s religious and secular writing, stretching from the visions of the late medieval mystics through the prison testaments of sixteenth-century Anabaptist martyrs to the pamphleteers and novelists of the growing urban bourgeoisie. The fresh translations and engaging introductions demonstrate the ways that women in the Low Countries shaped the intellectual and cultural developments of their eras.
Merry Wiesner-Hanks, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Societal support for women writers in the Low Countries ebbed and flowed with the political tides during the centuries represented in this work. Women's Writing from the Low Countries, 1200-1875 offers a new and important treasury of women's lves and writing to ensure that they are remembered. This collected canon may well inspire future writers.
Mara M.J. Egherman, Feminist Collections Journal
Women's Writing from the Low Countries 1200-1875
A Bilingual Anthology
Deze tweetalige bloemlezing illustreert de mogelijkheden en belemmeringen van Nederlandse en Vlaamse schrijfsters uit de periode 1200-1875. Hadewijchs mystieke ervaringen, Bijns’ bijtende polemieken en Gerijts’ doopsgezinde reflecties tekenen het religieuze klimaat. Andere schrijfsters, onder wie Van Sytzama en Hulshoff, bespreken sociale en politieke thema’s of tonen fel feministisch engagement, zoals De Huybert en De Lannoy. Uiteraard ontbreken de talentvolle gezusters Visscher en Loveling niet, en het duo Wolff en Deken evenmin. Dit boek is een gereviseerde en uitgebreide bewerking van de succesvolle AUP-bloemlezing Met en zonder lauwerkrans (1997). De Nederlandse historische teksten gaan vergezeld van een moderne Engelse vertaling.
Redacteurs
Lia van Gemert
Lia van Gemert is hoogleraar historische Nederlandse letterkunde aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam en directeur van het Amsterdams Centrum voor de studie van de Gouden Eeuw.
Dieuwke van der Poel
Dieuwke van der Poel is senior docent onderzoeker Middelnederlandse letterkunde aan de Universiteit Utrecht.
Olga van Marion
Olga van Marion is universitair docent Vroegmoderne Nederlandse literatuur aan de Universiteit Leiden.
Hermina Joldersma
Hermina Joldersma is em. hoogleraar Germaanse talen en literatuur aan de Universiteit van Calgary (Calgary Alberta).
Riet Schenkeveld-van der Dussen
Riet Schenkveld-van der Dussen is em. hoogleraar Vroegmoderne Nederlandse letterkunde aan de Universiteit Utrecht.
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