{"product_id":"male-authors-female-readers-anne-clark-bartlett-9780801430381","title":"Male Authors, Female Readers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Holy men despise women...and view them as foul and sticking dirt in the road,\" asserst the male author of the fifteenth-century \u003ci\u003eBook to a Mother\u003c\/i\u003e. Middle English devotional writings reflect shades of mysogony ranging from the blatant to the subtle, yet these texts were among the most popular literature know to the earliest generation of English women readers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first book to examine this paradox, Anne Clark Bartlett considers why medieval women enjoyed such male-authored works as \u003ci\u003eSpeculum Devotorum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Twelve Fruits of the Holy Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eContemplations on the Dread and Love of God\u003c\/i\u003e. Demonstrating that these texts actually provided alternative--and more appealing--notions of gender than those authorized by the Church, Bartlett redefines women's participation in medieval culture in terms of far greater agency and empowerment than have generally been acknowledged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Clark Bartlett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801430380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801430381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/11\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Anne Clark Bartlett","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47965735944447,"sku":"9780801430381","price":90.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_63743378-cd54-4d22-b80d-da63fb172090.jpg?v=1767284456","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/male-authors-female-readers-anne-clark-bartlett-9780801430381","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}