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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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©1997 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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