History of British Women's Writing

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The History of British Women's Writing, 700-1500

by Liz Herbert McAvoy and Diane Watt

Published 12 December 2011

This volume focuses on women's literary history in Britain between 700 and 1500. It brings to the fore a wide range of women's literary activity undertaken in Latin, Welsh and Anglo-Norman alongside that of the English vernacular, demanding a rethinking of the traditions of literary history, and ultimately the concept of 'writing' itself.