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The Solitary Self: Individuality in the Ancrene Wisse Linda Georgianna
The Solitary Self: Individuality in the Ancrene Wisse
Linda Georgianna
The Ancrene Wisse is a spiritual guide for female recluses, written at the request of three anchoresses who were voluntarily enclosed for life within small cells. Georgianna analyzes this complex and skillfully composed treatise and examines its detailed portrayal of the rich, alternately rewarding and frustrating inner life of the solitary.
184 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | September 25, 1981 |
| ISBN13 | 9780674817517 |
| Publishers | Harvard University Press |
| Pages | 184 |
| Dimensions | 166 × 242 × 20 mm · 454 g |
| Language | English |