Author: Letitia Elizabeth LandonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
The Poetical Works of Letitia Elizabeth Landon: The golden violet. Erinna. Miscellaneous poems
Author: Letitia Elizabeth LandonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome
Author: Ian Michael PlantPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806136219
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Despite a common perception that most writing in antiquity was produced by men, some important literature written by women during this period has survived. Edited by I. M. Plant, Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome is a comprehensive anthology of the surviving literary texts of women writers from the Graeco-Roman world that offers new English translations from the works of more than fifty women. From Sappho, who lived in the seventh century B.C., to Eudocia and Egeria of the fifth century A.D., the texts presented here come from a wide range of sources and span the fields of poetry and prose. Each author is introduced with a critical review of what we know about the writer, her work, and its significance, along with a discussion of the texts that follow. A general introduction looks into the problem of the authenticity of some texts attributed to women and places their literature into the wider literary and social contexts of the ancient Graeco-Roman world.
Erinna
Author: John GurdonWomen Poets in Ancient Greece and Rome
Author: Ellen GreenePublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806136646
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Although Greek society was largely male-dominated, it gave rise to a strong tradition of female authorship. Women poets of ancient Greece and Rome have long fascinated readers, even though much of their poetry survives only in fragmentary form. This pathbreaking volume is the first collection of essays to examine virtually all surviving poetry by Greek and Roman women. It elevates the status of the poems by demonstrating their depth and artistry. Edited and with an introduction by Ellen Greene, the volume covers a broad time span, beginning with Sappho (ca. 630 b.c.e.) in archaic Greece and extending to Sulpicia (first century B.C.E.) in Augustan Rome. In their analyses, the contributors situate the female poets in an established male tradition, but they also reveal their distinctly “feminine” perspectives. Despite relying on literary convention, the female poets often defy cultural norms, speaking in their own voices and transcending their positions as objects of derision in male-authored texts. In their innovative reworkings of established forms, women poets of ancient Greece and Rome are not mere imitators but creators of a distinct and original body of work.
The Woman and the Lyre
Author: Jane M SnyderPublisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 0809335964
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Faint though the voices of the women of Greek and Roman antiquity may be in some cases, their sound, if we listen carefully enough, can fill many of the gaps and silences of women s past.From the beginning with Sappho in the seventh century B.C. and ending with Hypatia and Egeria in the fifth century A.D., Jane McIntosh Snyder listens carefully to the major women writers of classical Greece and Rome, piecing together the surviving fragments of their works into a coherent analysis that places them in their literary, historical, and intellectual contexts.While relying heavily on modern classical scholarship, Snyder refutes some of the arguments that implicitly deny the power of women's written words the idea that women's experience is narrow or trivial and therefore automatically inferior as subject matter for literature, the notion that intensity in a woman is a sign of neurotic imbalance, and the assumption that women s work should be judged according to some externally imposed standard.The author studies the available fragments of Sappho, ranging from poems on mythological themes to traditional wedding songs and love poems, and demonstrates her considerable influence on Western thought and literature. An overview of all of the authors Snyder discusses shows that ancient women writers focused on such things as emotions, lovers, friendship, folk motifs, various aspects of daily living, children, and pets, in distinct contrast to their male contemporaries concern with wars and politics. Straightforwardness and simplicity are common characteristics of the writers Snyder examines. These women did not display allusion, indirection, punning and elaborate rhetorical figures to the extent that many male writers of the ancient world did. Working with the sparse records available, Snyder strives to place these female writers in their proper place in our heritage.
Women and Playwriting in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Author: Tracy C. DavisPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521659826
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This collection of essays recovers the names and careers of nineteenth-century women playwrights.
The Complete Shorter Poetry of George Eliot Vol 2
Author: Antonie Gerard van den BroekPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040248810
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Presents George Eliot's shorter poetry. This volume includes an introduction, which discusses Eliot's interest in poetry verse and its relation to her prose and prose fiction; her recurring themes and motifs; the poetry's critical reception and its value to modern readers.
George Eliot, Poetess
Author: Wendy S. WilliamsPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317128621
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
The position of George Eliot’s poetry within Victorian poetry and within her own canon is crucial for an accurate picture of the writer, as Wendy S. Williams shows in her in-depth examination of Eliot’s poetry and her role as poetess. Williams argues that even more clearly than her fiction, Eliot’s poetry reveals the development of her belief in sympathy as a replacement for orthodox religious views. With knowledge of the Bible and a firm understanding of society’s expectations for female authorship, Eliot consciously participated in a tradition of women poets who relied on feminine piety and poetry to help refine society through compassion and fellow-feeling. Williams examines Eliot’s poetry in relationship to her gender and sexual politics and her shifting religious beliefs, showing that Eliot’s views on gender and religion informed her adoption of the poetess persona. By taking into account Eliot’s poetess treatment of community and motherhood, Williams suggests, readers come to view her not only as a writer of fiction, an intellectual, and a social commentator, but also as a woman who longed to nurture, participate in, and foster human relationships.
The Complete Shorter Poetry of George Eliot
Author: Antonie Gerard van den BroekPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131547607X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Presents George Eliot's shorter poetry. This volume includes an introduction, which discusses Eliot's interest in poetry verse and its relation to her prose and prose fiction; her recurring themes and motifs; the poetry's critical reception and its value to modern readers.
The American Aberdeen-Angus Herd-book
Author: American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aberdeen-Angus cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description