tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post8329474321790221150..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: "The greatest period of women writers in the history of any literature"Amateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-5090257355234612342021-02-09T15:56:06.366-06:002021-02-09T15:56:06.366-06:00Byzantine history is amazing.Byzantine history is amazing.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-46700512371213454822021-02-09T14:41:57.248-06:002021-02-09T14:41:57.248-06:00I read The Alexiad a few years ago. It's prett...I read The Alexiad a few years ago. It's pretty readable - includes the first crusade, and shows the basic issues which were to dog the Byzantine Empire for the rest of its existence. Of course, she only took to writing because she suddenly had a lot of enforced time on her hands after her plot to murder her brother and stick her husband on the Byzantine throne was uncovered.obookihttps://obooki.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-84680256011455356522021-02-08T11:19:31.383-06:002021-02-08T11:19:31.383-06:00Marie de France was a real oversight. Schoolkid st...Marie de France was a real oversight. Schoolkid stuff in France, <a href="http://www.gallimard.fr/Catalogue/GALLIMARD/Folio/Folio-College/Lais" rel="nofollow">junior high level</a> (in modern translation).<br /><br />If we extend the West east just a bit, several medieval Byzantine writers could be included, too, not that I have read them. The <i>Alexiad</i> sounds readable.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-21927592380599861762021-02-08T10:36:34.794-06:002021-02-08T10:36:34.794-06:00Good point; though since they are not many, I am i...Good point; though since they are not many, I am inclined to be inclusive. Nongraduates can handle Marie; one of the Lays is a werewolf tale. <br /><br />A couple other writers came to mind: Margery Kempe and Julian of Norwich, who were contemporary with Christine de Pisan. <br /><br />In the earlier lacuna, there is Egeria, who recorded her 380s pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and Vibia Perpetua, who wrote a fascinating diary during her imprisonment in anticipation of her martyrdom (203). The latter might be the best bet for the lay-reader; family conflict, psychologically extreme states, dream-visions, all that thrilling stuff. <br />Y. Smerdishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978084402104136244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-51865974714351415362021-02-04T13:24:04.544-06:002021-02-04T13:24:04.544-06:00Implicitly, in an exercise like this, I am screeni...Implicitly, in an exercise like this, I am screening out writers in the category I think of as "for graduate students only," but sometimes mere existence is sufficient. Thanks for mentioning these writers. It has been interesting to read a little bit about them.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-91708297794345600852021-02-04T08:44:35.282-06:002021-02-04T08:44:35.282-06:00We can fill that Hildegard-Cristina lacuna, somewh...We can fill that Hildegard-Cristina lacuna, somewhat! There's Marie of France, and Heloise. The Low Countries had a flourishing of influential women religious writers in the 13th century: Hadewijch of Antwerp, Mechthild of Magdeburg, Beatrijs of Nazareth, Marguerite Porete. <br /><br />There's St. Angela Foligno's revelations. Later you have St. Bridget of Sweden, which brings us up to Cristina's time.<br /><br />I would say Marie and Heloise are probably the most accessible to the lay-reader. The mystics require a bit more dedication. Some historical background regarding the Beguines and tertiary orders goes a long way towards having an understanding of their works.Y. Smerdishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978084402104136244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-32405773264583545132008-07-20T14:10:00.000-05:002008-07-20T14:10:00.000-05:00"The Pillow Book" sounds like a must read, too. It..."The Pillow Book" sounds like a must read, too. It's a different world there isn't it?Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-81757605568889703602008-07-18T08:33:00.000-05:002008-07-18T08:33:00.000-05:00I'm very much enjoying The Pillow Book right now -...I'm very much enjoying The Pillow Book right now -- it's interesting to see just how important those poems were in their culture.Rebecca H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10825532162727473112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-40634671910878568812008-07-17T20:47:00.000-05:002008-07-17T20:47:00.000-05:00The roof is on, the new windows are in, and I have...The roof is on, the new windows are in, and I have finally caught up on your postings. Enjoyed your photos and comments about Senegal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com