Crossing the bridge : comparative essays on medieval European and Heian Japanese women writers / edited by Barbara Stevenson and Cynthia Ho.

Other author Stevenson, Barbara, 1957-
Other author Ho, Cynthia O. (Cynthia Olson), 1947-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Palgrave, 2000.
Descriptionxiv, 234 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Literature, Medieval--Women authors. --History and criticism.
Japanese literature--Heian period, 794-1185. --History and criticism.
Japanese literature--Women authors. --History and criticism.

SeriesNew Middle Ages
New Middle Ages (Palgrave (Firm)) ^A505131
Contents Speaking for : surrogates and the Tale of the Genji / H. Richard Okada -- Re-visioning the widow Christine de Pizan / Barbara Stevenson -- On becoming ukifune : autobiographical heroines in Heian and Kamakura literature / Joshua S. Mostow -- Vox matris : the influence of St. Birgitta's Revelations on The book of Margery Kempe : St. Birgitta and Margery Kempe as wives and mothers / Nanda Hopenwasser and Signe Wegener -- The voice of the court woman poet / S. Lea Millay -- Romantic entreaty in The Kagerō diary and The letters of Abelard and Heloise / John R. Wallace -- Words alone cannot express : epistles in Marie de France and Murasaki Shikibu / Cynthia Ho -- "True lovers" : love and irony in Murasaki Shikibu and Christine de Pizan / Carol E. Harding -- Reclaiming the self through silence : The Riverside Counselor's stories and the Lais of Marie de France / Marco D. Roman -- The lady in the garden : subjects and objects in an ideal world / Mara Miller.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [213]-227) and index.
LCCN 00034164
ISBN0312221673