Practising Shame - Female Honour in Later Medieval England

Practicing shame explores how the literature of medieval England encouraged women to secure their honour by cultivating hypervigilance against shame. The book transforms our understanding of the construction of femininity in the past and offers a new framework for thinking about honourable womanhood now and in the years to come.

About the author

Mary C. Flannery is a Swiss National Science Foundation Eccellenza Professorial Fellow at the University of Bern

Summary

Practicing shame explores how the literature of medieval England encouraged women to secure their honour by cultivating hypervigilance against shame. The book transforms our understanding of the construction of femininity in the past and offers a new framework for thinking about honourable womanhood now and in the years to come. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Mary C Flannery, Mary C. Flannery, Flannery Mary C.
• Assisted by: Anke Bernau (Editor), David Matthews (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781526110077
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-1007-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture; Manchester Medieval Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: ancient, classical & medieval, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Literature: history and criticism