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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Published in:	Women in German Yearbook no. 15; pp. 49 - 73
Main Author:	Poor, Sara S.
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	University of Nebraska Press 1999
Subjects:	Human sexuality in literature Quarrel of ancients & moderns German literature
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost