A Woman's Words : : Emer and Female Speech in the Ulster Cycle / / Joanne Findon.
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...
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Findon, Joanne, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut A Woman's Words : Emer and Female Speech in the Ulster Cycle / Joanne Findon. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016] ©1997 1 online resource (224 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Wooing of Enter: The Sweet Speech of Courtship -- 2. Bricriu’s Feast: Women’s Words as Weapons -- 3. The Death of Aífe’s Only Son: ‘Do not slay your only son’ -- 4. The Wasting Sickness of Cú Chulainn: The Language of Desire -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Sources and Manuscripts -- Notes -- References -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. Findon places Emer within the wider context of medieval literature in general as an unusual and compelling example of a heroic secular woman, married and fully integrated into her aristocratic society and yet capable of speaking out against its abuses. Her freedom to speak and be heard is remarkable in the light of prevalent later medieval impulses to silence women. By employing speech act theory to analyse Emer's discourse, and by viewing and interpreting the texts through the lens of current feminist criticism, Joanne Findon seeks to bring Middle Irish literature into the arena of current debates, particularly among feminist medievalists, and to offer a new approach to reading female characters in medieval Irish literature. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Emer (Legendary character). Epic literature, Irish History and criticism. Speech in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 9783110490947 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442670549 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442670549 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781442670549.jpg |
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Findon, Joanne, Findon, Joanne, A Woman's Words : Emer and Female Speech in the Ulster Cycle / Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Wooing of Enter: The Sweet Speech of Courtship -- 2. Bricriu’s Feast: Women’s Words as Weapons -- 3. The Death of Aífe’s Only Son: ‘Do not slay your only son’ -- 4. The Wasting Sickness of Cú Chulainn: The Language of Desire -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Sources and Manuscripts -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Wooing of Enter: The Sweet Speech of Courtship -- 2. Bricriu’s Feast: Women’s Words as Weapons -- 3. The Death of Aífe’s Only Son: ‘Do not slay your only son’ -- 4. The Wasting Sickness of Cú Chulainn: The Language of Desire -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Sources and Manuscripts -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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