Vox Feminae: Studies in Medieval Woman's Song

by John F Plummer (Editor)

Overview

It is the artistic use of the female voice (as role, persona, or rhetorical stance) in particular lyrical traditions or by particular poets, that is of interest here. Woman's songs are found in all parts and periods of medieval Europe; the study of medieval woman's song is primarily the study of the image of a voice. This is not an attempt to completely cover the field but to offer an introduction and guide to those who are not familiar with woman's song, and a stimulation to those who are.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780918720122
Publisher:	Medieval Institute Publications
Publication date:	07/01/1981
Series:	Studies in Medieval Culture , #15
Pages:	229
Product dimensions:	6.01(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.49(d)

About the Author

John F. Plummer is a professor of English at Vanderbilt University and has published on the works of Chaucer.

Table of Contents

Contents Introduction by John F. Plummer Woman's Song in Medieval Latin by Anne Howland Schotter Voice and Audience: The Emotional World of the cantigas de amigo by Kathleen Ashley The Woman's Song in Medieval German Poetry by William E. Jackson The Woman's Songs of Hartmann von Aue by Hubert Heinen Woman's Songs In Irish, 800-1500 by Ruth P. M. Lehmann The Woman's Songs in Middle English and its European Backgrounds by John F. Plummer The Other Voice: Woman's Song, its Satire and its Transcendence in Late Medieval British Literature by Maureen Fries Poems by The Lady in La Chasse et le depart d'Amours (1509) by Mary Beth Winn Bibliography Notes on Contributors