Feminist Approaches to Early Medieval English Studies

Scholarship On Early Medieval England Has Seen An Exponential Increase In Scholarly Work By And About Women Over The Past Twenty Years, But The Field Has Remained Peculiarly Resistant To The Transformative Potential Of Feminist Critique. Since 2016, Medieval Studies Has Been Rocked By Conversations About The State Of The Field, Shifting From #metoo To #whitefeminism To The Purposeful Rethinking Of The Label “anglo-saxonist.” This Volume Takes A Step Toward Decentering The Traditional Scholarly Conversation With Thirteen New Essays By American, Canadian, European, And Uk Professors, Along With Independent Scholars And Early Career Researchers From A Range Of Disciplinary Perspectives. Topics Range From Virginity, Women’s Literacy, And Medical Discourse To Affect, Medievalism, And Masculinity. The Theoretical And Political Commitments Of This Volume Comprise One Strand Of A Multivalent Effort To Rethink The Parameters Of The Discipline And To Create A Scholarly Community That Is Innovative, Inclusive, And Diverse. Frontmatter -- Table Of Contents -- List Of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Metacritical Considerations -- 1 The Lost Victorian Women Of Old English Studies -- 2 Embroidered Narratives -- 3 Remembering The Lady Of Mercia -- Affect Theory -- 4 Be A Man, Beowulf -- 5 Shame, Disgust And Ælfric’s Masculine Performance -- Treatments Of Virginity -- 6 The Ornament Of Virginity -- 7 Chaste Bodies And Untimely Virgins -- Medical Discourse -- 8 Monaðgecynd And Flewsan -- 9 Dangerous Voices, Erased Bodies -- 10 Women And “women’s Medicine” In Early Medieval England, From Text To Practice -- Women’s Literacy -- 11 The Literate Memory Of Hugeburc Of Heidenheim -- 12 A Road Nearly Taken -- 13 “historical Accuracy,” Anonymity, And Women’s Authorship -- Index Ed. By Robin Norris, Rebecca Stephenson, Renee Trilling. Mode Of Access: Internet Via World Wide Web. In English.