Katharina Wilson

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Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: A Florilegium of Her WorksPaperback, 16 April 1998

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Part of Series
Library of Medieval Women
Part of Series
Library of Medieval Women (Paperback)
Part of Series
Library of Medieval Women,
Print Length
136 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer
Date Published
16 Apr 1998
ISBN-10
0859914895
ISBN-13
9780859914895

Description

Selection of the works of Hrotsvit, the first-known woman dramatist, containing legends, dramas, and epics.

Hrotsvit of Gandersheim (c.935 - c.975), almost certainly of noble Saxon parentage, was a canoness of the Saxon imperial abbey of Gandersheim, living and working there during its time of greatest material prosperity and cultural and intellectual pre-eminence. Her importance cannot be overestimated: she is the first poet of Saxony; the first known dramatist of Christianity (indeed the first known woman dramatist of any time); and a woman displaying erudition and wit in an essentially patriarchal age, a female author in a literary field dominated by men who insisted on re-evaluating and redrawing the literary depiction of women. Discovered in the late fifteenth century, her extraordinary oeuvre, written in medieval Latin, comprises a wide variety of genres: eight legends, six dramas, and two epics, organised into three books.
The present volume contains a selection of Hrotsvit's works in Englishtranslation, together with an interpretative essay, critical introduction, and scholarly apparatus.
Professor KATHARINA WILSONteaches at the University of Georgia.

Product Details

Author:
Katharina Wilson
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
GB
Date Published:
16 April 1998
Dimensions:
21.64 x 13.49 x 1.09 cm
ISBN-10:
0859914895
ISBN-13:
9780859914895
Language:
English
Location:
Woodbridge
Pages:
136
Weight:
181.44 gm

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