Representation of Women in the Old English Texts of "The Wife's Lament", "The Life of Saint Aethelthryth" and "Judith"

Essay from the year 2019 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, Swansea University, language: English, abstract: This essay discusses the representation of women in the texts "The Wife’s Lament", "The Life of Saint Aethelthryth" and "Judith". It examines if and how these women are given voices and subjectivity. Literature from Anglo-Saxon times provides us...