A Tale of a Fool?

A Microhistory of an 18th-Century Peasant Woman

Hallgrimsdottir, Gudny

"A Tale of a Fool? explores the life of Guºrâun Ketilsdâottir, a peasant woman born in Iceland around 1759"-

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Beschrijving Microhistories: A Tale of a Fool?

A Tale of a Fool? explores the life of Gudrun Ketilsdottir, a peasant woman born in Iceland around 1759, and addresses the question of the methods, priorities and interpretations applied in collecting, cataloguing and the publication of women's writing.

ISBN: 9781138061347
Pagina's: 182
Verschenen: 03-04-2019
Serie: Microhistories
NUR: 680

Druk: 1
Uitvoering: Hardback
Taal: Engels
Uitgever: Taylor & Francis Ltd

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