The Works of Gwerful Mechain A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition |
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| Editor:
| Gramich, Katie |
| Author:
| Gramich, Katie |
| Series title: | Broadview Anthology of British Literature Editions Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55481-414-5 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2018 |
| Publisher: | Broadview Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $18.50 |
Book Description:
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Gwerful Mechain is the only Welsh female poet from the late middle ages whose poems have survived as a substantial body of work. One of the most striking characteristics of her poetry is the easy coexistence in her oeuvre of devotional and erotic works. Yet, as the introduction discusses, some coexistence of the erotic and the religious was not entirely untypical of medieval literary production in Wales.
Gwerful Mechain is the only Welsh female poet from the late middle ages whose poems have survived as a substantial body of work. One of the most striking characteristics of her poetry is the easy coexistence in her oeuvre of devotional and erotic works. Yet, as the introduction discusses, some coexistence of the erotic and the religious was not entirely untypical of medieval literary production in Wales.