Dear Sister: Medieval Women and the Epistolary Genre

by Karen Cherewatuk (Editor), Ulrike Wiethaus (Editor)

Explored in this book are women's contributions to letter writing in western Europe from the sixth to the sixteenth centuries. The essays represent the first attempt to chart medieval women's achievements in epistolarity, and the contributions to this volume situate the women writers in a historical context and employ a variety of feminist approaches.

232 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1993