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Late Medieval Female Subject Consciousness: Italian and English Mystics, Boccaccio, Chaucer, and Beyond

Late Medieval Female Subject Consciousness: Italian and English Mystics, Boccaccio, Chaucer, and Beyond

Amsel, Stephanie

Hardcover

Series: New Middle Ages

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryLiterary Criticism

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ISBN10: 303207231X
ISBN13: 9783032072313
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Jan 28 2026
Pages: 170
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.20 Depth: 8.42
Language: English

Late Medieval Female Subject Consciousness: Italian and English Mystics brings together disparate feminist theoretical approaches to explore the formation of medieval female subject consciousness in writings by female mystics including Angela of Foligno, Catherine of Siena, and Margery Kempe, as well as secular writings of Christine de Pizan, and powerful female characters of Giovanni Boccaccio and Geoffrey Chaucer. The rise of what Amsel calls medieval female subject consciousness shows that increased self-awareness and sense of self relates to how the authorship of texts reconstructs traditional female roles, particularly in Italian and English. These writing women challenged prevailing norms as they forged literal and figurative spaces to self-actualize through writing, even if the act of writing was performed by male amanuenses. This book explores how Boccaccio and Chaucer serve as witnesses by creating female characters who reflect changes in women's writing in late medieval society in Italy and England.

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