Cry out and write

Description:

Hildegard of Bingen's mission, "Cry Out and Write," could well be a clarion for scores of women writers whose voices are only recently being heard. This book studies the work of three women - Vibia Perpetua, Hildegard, and Julian of Norwich - who suffered divine revelation, along with a divine imperative to tell the world about it. How did they go about converting the unique experience of holy vision into shareable words and images? What was it like for them, as women in a world dominated by male power, to set the images down accurately, get the meaning of them right - and do so in the form of accepted, authoritative texts? These are some of the questions Cry Out and Write seeks to answer.

subjects: Christian literature, Latin,  Women and literature,  Theory,  Poetics,  Revelation in literature,  Latin Christian literature,  English literature,  Sex differences,  Medieval and modern Latin literature,  History and criticism,  Women authors,  Literary style,  Latin literature,  Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern),  Femininity in literature,  Authorship,  Latin literature, Medieval and modern,  Christian literature, English (Middle),  History,  Style,  Christliche Literatur,  Geschichte 180-1350,  Frauenliteratur,  Feminism, religious aspects

People: Hildegard Saint (1098-1179),  Julian of Norwich (b. 1343),  Perpetua Saint (d. 203)

Times: To 1500