Onnade : The Woman's Hand in Classical Japanese and Medieval Western Literature

A consideration of various genres of women's writing from 700 to 1450 C.E. focusing on such issues as literary conventions, the relationship to the vernacular, the role of religion in education, and questions of gender and social class. Writers may include Berthgyth, Murasaki Shikibu, Sei Shōnagon, Héloïse, Marie de France, the comtessa de Dia, Ladu Nijō, Julian of Norwich, Christine de Pisan, and various anonymous women.