{"product_id":"a-companion-to-iancrene-wissei-9781843842439","title":"A Companion to Ancrene Wisse","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAncrene Wisse\u003c\/i\u003e introduced through a variety of cultural and critical approaches which establish the originality and interest of the treatise.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe thirteenth-century \u003ci\u003eAncrene Wisse\u003c\/i\u003e is a guide for female recluses. Addressed to three young sisters of gentle birth, it teaches what truly good anchoresses should and should not do, offering in its examples a glimpse of the real life women had in England in the middle ages. It is also important for its evidence for the continuation of the Anglo-Saxon tradition of prose writing, being produced in the West Midlands where Old English writing conventions continued to develop even after the Norman conquest. The \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e addresses the cultural and historical background, the affiliations of the versions, genre, authorship and language; the various approaches also includea feminist reading of the text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   Contributors: ROGER DAHOOD, RICHARD DANCE, A.S.G. EDWARDS, CATHERINE INNES-PARKER, BELLA MILLETT, CHRISTINA VON NOLCKEN, ELIZABETH ROBERTSON, ANNE SAVAGE, D.A. TROTTER, YOKO WADA, NICHOLAS WATSON.","brand":"Yoko Wada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48268271747323,"sku":"9781843842439","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781843842439_8714a275-17d2-4b53-9f9f-cbaf83d80dfb.jpg?v=1772487506","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/a-companion-to-iancrene-wissei-9781843842439","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}