Ava (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Arthur F.J Remy · 1913
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Ava was a German poet, the first woman known to write in German. She was probably the recluse of that name who died near Melk in Austria in 1127. Almost nothing is known of her life or person. She tells us she was the mother of two sons. Those sons helped her gather material for her poems.
Her poems are verse versions of New Testament stories. They cover the Life of Jesus, the Antichrist, the Holy Ghost's gifts, the Last Judgment, and John the Baptist. Two manuscripts preserve them, one at Verona and one at Gorlitz, and John the Baptist appears only in the second. Her authorship of that poem and of the Life of Jesus has been questioned, but hardly on strong grounds. The poems are naive and deeply religious, though mostly without poetic merit, and their technique is often crude, with assonance standing in for rhyme.
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| CREATOR | Arthur F.J Remy |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 1 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |