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The discourse of hysteria : the topoi of humility, physicality, and authority in women's rhetoric /
- Title
- The discourse of hysteria : the topoi of humility, physicality, and authority in women's rhetoric / Logan Dale Greene ; with a foreword by Teena A.M. Carnegie.
- Author
- Greene, Logan Dale.
- Publication
- Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2009.
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Details
- Description
- iv, 239 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-235) and index.
- Contents
- Prolegomenon to a theory of women's rhetoric -- A new history of rhetoric -- The redemptive function of the hysteric -- The power of humility: Hildegard of Bingen -- The power of hysteria: Margery Kempe -- The sexualization of hysteria: Aphra Behn -- A new sign: Sojourner Truth -- Écriture féminine: Hélène Cixous -- A theory of women's rhetoric.
- ISBN
- 9780773448438
- 0773448438
- LCCN
- 2009007568
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library