Historicizing Canonicity: Tradition and the Invisible Talent of Mechthild von Magdeburg.

Traces the association between gender and the formation of literary traditions based on the German novel 'Das fliebetaende Licht der Gottheit' by Mechthild von Magdeburg. Consideration of tradition and canonicity in different contexts; Functions of gender; Enumeration of written works; Analysis of...

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Publicado en:Women in German Yearbook no. 15; pp. 49 - 73
Autor principal: Poor, Sara S.
Formato: Literary Criticism
Publicado: University of Nebraska Press 1999
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Sumario:Traces the association between gender and the formation of literary traditions based on the German novel 'Das fliebetaende Licht der Gottheit' by Mechthild von Magdeburg. Consideration of tradition and canonicity in different contexts; Functions of gender; Enumeration of written works; Analysis of anthologies of German medieval women writers.