{"product_id":"hrotsvit-of-gandersheim-a-florilegium-of-her-works-9780859914895","title":"Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: A Florilegium of Her Works","description":"Hrotsvit of Gandersheim (c.935 - c.975), almost certainly of noble Saxon parentage, was a canoness of the Saxon imperial abbey of Gandersheim, living and working there during its time of greatest material prosperity and cultural and intellectual pre-eminence. Her importance cannot be overestimated: she is the first poet of Saxony; the first known dramatist of Christianity (indeed the first known woman dramatist of any time); and a woman displaying erudition and wit in an essentially patriarchal age, a female author in a literary field dominated by men who insisted on re-evaluating and redrawing the literary depiction of women. Discovered in the late fifteenth century, her extraordinary \u003ci\u003eoeuvre\u003c\/i\u003e, written in medieval Latin, comprises a wide variety of genres: eight legends, six dramas, and two epics, organised into three books.\u003cbr\u003e The present volume contains a selection of Hrotsvit's works in Englishtranslation, together with an interpretative essay, critical introduction, and scholarly apparatus.\u003cbr\u003eProfessor \u003ci\u003eKATHARINA WILSON\u003c\/i\u003eteaches at the University of Georgia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katharina Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boydell \u0026amp; Brewer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.31w x 0.43d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780859914895","brand":"Boydell \u0026 Brewer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40551788249203,"sku":"9.78086E+12","price":29.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_eff4453c-a508-42bf-9476-1b7972a9bcb1.jpg?v=1667399057","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/hrotsvit-of-gandersheim-a-florilegium-of-her-works-9780859914895","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}