Anne Lister

When this volume of Anne Lister's diaries was first published in 1988, it was hailed as a vital piece of lost lesbian history. The editor, Helena Whitbread, had spent years painstakingly researching and transcribing Lister's extensive journals, much of which were written in an elaborate code - what Lister called her 'crypthand', which allowed her to record her life in intimate, and at times, explicit, detail. Until then, Anne Lister's lesbianism had been supressed or hinted at; this was the first time her story had been told. Anne Lister defied the role of nineteenth-century womanhood: she was bold, fiercely independent, a landowner, industrialist, traveller and lesbian - a woman who lived her life on her own terms.

Durante toda su vida, desde su adolescencia hasta su muerte, Anne Lister escribió numerosos diarios en los que recopilaba anécdotas o experiencias de su día a día y describía al detalle todas sus andanzas, incluyendo sus conquistas amorosas y sus tecnicas de seduccion, reflexiones sobre su condicion sexual, sus preocupaciones financieras, sus actividades industriales o su trabajo en la mansion familiar de Shibden Hall. Pero no solo se centro en su vida privada; los diarios tambien proporcionan informacion detallada sobre los acontecimientos sociales, politicos y economicos de la epoca.

Jaufre is a lively, engaging and at times comedic tale of a knight from King Arthurs court. The young hero encounters all manner of unpleasant adversaries including giants and a demon knight, finds true love in the form of an independent, wealthy and hot-tempered heiress, and is tricked into going to the rescue of an underwater fairy. This story, dedicated to a king of Aragon and told in Occitan, was first set down in writing in the thirteenth century but does not appear to have reached English-speaking readers until the late nineteenth century. It was, however, originally intended for oral performance rather than for solitary readers. This new adaptation is an attempt to capture the spirit of the original Occitan, keeping close to the way it was told, and to bring the story to life in the hope that other storytellers will once again tell the tale of Jaufre and new listeners will enjoy his exploits.

For the first time in almost 800 years Anne Purbrick (under her performing name of Anne Lister) has brought the lively, engaging, and entertaining Tale of Jaufre off the library shelves and has been telling it to audiences. There are several mysteries about Jaufre - when and why was a story about King Arthur written for a king of Aragon, and why in Occitan? Investigating this 13th century story from the practical standpoint of a storyteller has produced a number of new insights and discoveries. This book explores the background in detail, from the manuscripts and fragments which have survived to the people for whom the story was created, as well as its extensive later history, and then discusses the decisions, the revelations and the difficulties of telling the story to 21st century audiences. The Tale of Jaufre is remarkably little known outside modern Spain and yet, as this book demonstrates, it has links to the extended family of Alienor of Aquitaine and Henry II of England, and therefore across Europe.

Con una mirada más allá de muchas convenciones, Anne Lister escribió, de forma sistemática y minuciosa hasta su muerte, sus diarios; en ellos recoge sus experiencias personales y cotidianas —dibujand

Nueva edición actualizada que sustituye a la anterior. Traducidos por primera vez a nuestro idioma, los diarios de Anne Lister no solo han moldeado y siguen configurando los estudios de género del Reino Unido y el resto del mundo; asimismo son una expresion de dignidad, una autoproclamacion de la identidad y una reivindicacion de la libertad todavia necesaria a dia de hoy