The number of surviving medieval secular poems attributed to named female authors is small, some of the best known being those of the trobairitz the female troubadours of southern France. However, there is a large body of poetry that constructs a particular textual femininity through the use of the female voice. Some of these poems are by men and a few by women (including the trobairitz); many are anonymous, and often the gender of the poet is unresolvable. A "woman's song" in this sense can be defined as a female-voice poem on the subject of love, typically characterized by simple language,...
The number of surviving medieval secular poems attributed to named female authors is small, some of the best known being those of the trobairitz the f...
This collection focuses on a woman's point of view in love poetry, and juxtaposes poems by women and poems about women to raise questions about how femininity is constructed. Although most medieval 'woman's songs' are either anonymous or male-authored lyrics in a popular style, the term can usefully be expanded to cover poetry composed by women, and poetry that is aristocratic or learned rather than popular. Poetry from ancient Greece and Rome that resonates with the medieval poems is also included here. Readers will find a range of voices, often echoing similar themes, as women rejoice or...
This collection focuses on a woman's point of view in love poetry, and juxtaposes poems by women and poems about women to raise questions about how fe...
By considering women's voices in performance, this book provides a fresh perspective on women's 'writing'. It shows that our understanding of femininity in ancient Greece can be expanded by going beyond poetry composed by women poets like Sappho to explore girls' and women's choral songs from the archaic period.
By considering women's voices in performance, this book provides a fresh perspective on women's 'writing'. It shows that our understanding of feminini...
By considering women's voices in performance, Anne Klinck provides a new perspective on women's 'writing'. She shows that our understanding of femininity in ancient Greece can be expanded by going beyond poetry composed by women poets to explore women's choral songs from the archaic period.
By considering women's voices in performance, Anne Klinck provides a new perspective on women's 'writing'. She shows that our understanding of feminin...
The nine elegies have all been edited separately between 1933 and 1983. Klinck builds on the extensive previous scholarship in the field and also draws on recently available materials - notably the microfiche Concordances, the first letters of the new Old English Dictionary, and Bruce Mitchell's Old English Syntax - to make new suggestions about problematic words and passages. Going beyond an exploration of the literary potential of individual poems, Klinck examines them as separate manifestations of a common generic impulse: she moves from palaeographical and philological detail to broader...
The nine elegies have all been edited separately between 1933 and 1983. Klinck builds on the extensive previous scholarship in the field and also draw...
