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A woman's words : Emer and female speech in the Ulster Cycle
- Title
- A woman's words : Emer and female speech in the Ulster Cycle / Joanne Findon.
- Author
- Findon, Joanne, 1957-
- Publication
- Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | PB1397.U5 F562 1997 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 211 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "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
- Subject
- 500-1500
- Epic literature, Irish > History and criticism
- Women > Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) > History > Middle Ages, 500-1500
- Tales > Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) > History and criticism
- Women and literature > Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland)
- Tales, Medieval > History and criticism
- Emer (Legendary character)
- Women > Ireland > Language
- Speech in literature
- Emer (Personnage légendaire)
- Littérature épique irlandaise > Histoire et critique
- Parole dans la littérature
- Femmes > Ulster (Irlande du Nord et Irlande) > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
- Contes > Ulster (Irlande du Nord et Irlande) > Histoire et critique
- Femmes et littérature > Ulster (Irlande du Nord et Irlande)
- Contes médiévaux > Histoire et critique
- Femmes > Irlande > Langage
- Epic literature, Irish
- Language and languages
- Speech in literature
- Tales
- Tales, Medieval
- Women and literature
- Women > Language
- Women > Middle Ages
- Letterkunde
- Gaelic (Iers)
- Vrouwen
- Ulstercyclus
- Women in literature
- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) > Languages
- Ulster (Irlande du Nord et Irlande) > Langues
- Ireland
- Ireland > Ulster
- Genre/Form
- Electronic books.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-203) and index.
- Contents
- 1. The Wooing of Emer: The Sweet Speech of Courtship -- 2. Bricriu's Feast: Women's Words as Weapons -- 3. The Death of Aife's Only Son: 'Do not slay your only son' -- 4. The Wasting Sickness of Cu Chulainn: The Language of Desire.
- ISBN
- 0802008658
- 9780802008657
- LCCN
- 97228458
- OCLC
- ocm38249842
- 38249842
- SCSB-2135399
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library