How Long to Read The Power of a Woman's Voice in Medieval and Early Modern Literatures

How Long Does it Take to Read The Power of a Woman's Voice in Medieval and Early Modern Literatures?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 42 minutes to read The Power of a Woman's Voice in Medieval and Early Modern Literatures by Albrecht Classen

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Description

The study takes the received view among scholars that women in the Middle Ages were faced with sustained misogyny and that their voices were seldom heard in public and subjects it to a critical analysis. The ten chapters deal with various aspects of the question, and the voices of a variety of authors - both female and male - are heard. The study opens with an enquiry into violence against women, including in texts by male writers (Hartmann von Aue, Gottfried von Straßburg, Wolfram von Eschenbach) which indeed describe instances of violence, but adopt an extremely critical stance towards them. It then proceeds to show how women were able to develop an independent identity in various genres and could present themselves as authorities in the public eye. Mystic texts by Hildegard of Bingen, Marie de France and Margery Kempe, the medieval conduct poem known as Die Winsbeckin, the Devout Books of Sisters composed in convents in South-West Germany, but also quasi-historical documents such as the memoirs of Helene Kottaner or Anna Weckerin's cookery book, demonstrate that far more women were in the public gaze than had hitherto been assumed and that they possessed the self-confidence to establish their positions with their intellectual and their literary achievements.

How long is The Power of a Woman's Voice in Medieval and Early Modern Literatures?

The Power of a Woman's Voice in Medieval and Early Modern Literatures by Albrecht Classen is 461 pages long, and a total of 115,711 words.

This makes it 156% the length of the average book. It also has 141% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Power of a Woman's Voice in Medieval and Early Modern Literatures Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 32 minutes to read The Power of a Woman's Voice in Medieval and Early Modern Literatures aloud.

What Reading Level is The Power of a Woman's Voice in Medieval and Early Modern Literatures?

The Power of a Woman's Voice in Medieval and Early Modern Literatures is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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