Dear Sister: Medieval Women and the Epistolary Genre (The Middle Ages)

by Karen Cherewatuk and Ulrike Wiethaus

Karen Cherewatur (Editor) and Ulrike Wiethaus (Editor)

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Explored in this book are women's contributions to letter writing in western Europe from the sixth to the sixteenth centuries. The essays represent the first attempt to chart medieval women's achievements in epistolarity, and the contributions to this volume situate the women writers in a historical context and employ a variety of feminist approaches.

  • ISBN10 0812231708
  • ISBN13 9780812231700
  • Publish Date 29 April 1993 (first published 1 April 1993)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 11 July 2009
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 224
  • Language English