Medieval Woman's Song: Cross-Cultural Approaches

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2002

Medieval Woman's Song

Cross-Cultural Approaches

Edited by: Anne L. Klinck and Ann Marie Rasmussen

In the series The Middle Ages Series

https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512803815

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About this book

Medieval Woman's Song brings together scholars in a range of disciplines to examine how both men and women contributed to this art form. Without eschewing consideration of authorship, the collection deliberately overturns the long-standing scholarly practice of treating as separate and distinct entities female-voice lyrics composed by men and those composed by women. What is at stake here is less the voice of women themselves than its cultural and generic construction.

Author / Editor information

Anne L. Klinck is Professor Emerita of English at the University of New Brunswick, Canada. She is the author of The Old English Elegies: A Critical Edition and Genre Study. Ann Marie Rasmussen is Professor of Germanic Languages at Duke University. She is the author of Mothers and Daughters in Medieval German Literature.

Reviews

"Will be of use to all students of medieval literature and feminist theory for its freshness, range, and exemplary use of interdisciplinary methods to illuminate and important part of the medieval literary tradition."—Comitatus

"Klinck and Rasmussen are to be commended for bringing scholars from different languages and disciplines together to discuss a topic of interest to all—women's song. . . . The book will be a useful resource for scholars who want an overview of the period, its various languages, genres, and voices."—Speculum

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Sappho and Her Daughters: Some Parallels Between Ancient and Medieval Woman's Song Anne L. Klinck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
2. Ides . . . geomrode giddum: The Old English Female Lament Pat Belanoff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
3. Women's Performance of the Lyric Before 1500 Susan Boynton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
4. Ca no soe joglaresa: Women and Music in Medieval Spain's Three Cultures Judith R. Cohen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
5. Feminine Voices in the Galician- Portuguese cantigas de amigo Esther Corral Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
6. Sewing like a Girl: Working Women in the chansons de toile E. Jane Bums Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
7. Fictions of the Female Voice: The Women Troubadours Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
8. The Conception of Female Roles in the Woman's Song of Reinmar and the Comtessa de Dia Ingrid Kasten Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
9. Reason and the Female Voice in Walther von der Vogelweide's Poetry Ann Marie Rasmussen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
10. Ventriloquisms When Maidens Speak in English Songs, c. 1300-1550 Judith M. Bennett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	280

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Keywords: Literature; Women's Studies; Gender Studies; Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Literature; Cultural Studies; Gender Studies

eBook

Published: August 6, 2015
ISBN: 9781512803815