Women and Literature in Medieval Studies
These sites examine women authors and the role of women in literature and poetry in the Middle Ages.
Who's Who in Medieval History: Women Writers
A small but growing collection of individuals from the Middle Ages and Renaissance offers a brief description of who each writer was as well as useful websites, books, related online resources, and more.
A small but growing collection of individuals from the Middle Ages and Renaissance offers a brief description of who each writer was as well as useful websites, books, related online resources, and more.
Aemilia Lanyer
Meta-site by Kari Boyd McBride offers a biography, a bibliography of works by and about the seventeenth-century poet, and online poems. You can also join the Lanyer mailing list here.
Meta-site by Kari Boyd McBride offers a biography, a bibliography of works by and about the seventeenth-century poet, and online poems. You can also join the Lanyer mailing list here.
The Aphra Behn Page
Includes links to online works and a chronology of the life and times of the first professional woman writer in English.
Includes links to online works and a chronology of the life and times of the first professional woman writer in English.
Celtic Women: Myth and Symbol
Fairly thorough examination of the depiction of and attitudes toward females in Celtic myth. Interesting work at the Quest site.
Fairly thorough examination of the depiction of and attitudes toward females in Celtic myth. Interesting work at the Quest site.
Bibliography of Works by and about Women Writers
Extensive list of print sources, prepared by the Robbins Library, includes general sources as well as specific primary and secondary texts concerning individual women writers of the Middle Ages.
Extensive list of print sources, prepared by the Robbins Library, includes general sources as well as specific primary and secondary texts concerning individual women writers of the Middle Ages.
Heian Period
A brief look at women authors of this golden age at the Women in World History Curriculum.
A brief look at women authors of this golden age at the Women in World History Curriculum.
Medieval German Women Writers (1100-1450)
A temporal-geographic summary of the groups of writers and brief but informative biographies of 18 different writers, by Rebecca LR Garber at the ORB.
A temporal-geographic summary of the groups of writers and brief but informative biographies of 18 different writers, by Rebecca LR Garber at the ORB.
The Perdita Project
A collaborative project to produce a database guide to compilations around the world of poetry, religious writing, autobiographical material, accounts, and other written records by women.
A collaborative project to produce a database guide to compilations around the world of poetry, religious writing, autobiographical material, accounts, and other written records by women.