A woman's words : Emer and female speech in the Ulster cycle /
"A Woman's Words is the first in-depth analysis of Middle Irish literature from a feminist standpoint, and the first formal critical discussion of the representation of female speech in medieval Irish literature. Joanne Findon analyses the representation of Emer, the wife of the great Iris...
Основен автор: | Findon, Joanne, 1957- |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Toronto, Ont. :
University of Toronto Press,
℗♭1997.
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Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=469059 |
Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Woman's words. |
Резюме: |
"A Woman's Words is the first in-depth analysis of Middle Irish literature from a feminist standpoint, and the first formal critical discussion of the representation of female speech in medieval Irish literature. Joanne Findon analyses the representation of Emer, the wife of the great Irish hero Cu Chulainn, in four linked medieval Irish tales, and discusses Emer's ability to use powerful, effective words to change her fictional world and the audience's reading of that fictional world." "A Woman's Words considers Emer as a literary figure rather than a mythic archetype or a reflection of a pre-Christian Celtic goddess. Emer and the narratives she inhabits are discussed as literary constructs, and are considered within the historical and legal milieu in which these tales were told, recorded, and read."--Jacket. |
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Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (211 pages) |
Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-203) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781442670549 1442670541 |