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Interpreting Nightingales : Gender, Class and Histories.
The poetic nightingale is so familiar it seems hardly to merit serious attention. Yet its ubiquity is significant, suggesting associations with erotic love, pathos and art that cross culture and history. This book examines the different nightingales of European literature, starting with the Greek my...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Continuum International Pub. Group,
1997.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: Reflecting on the Nightingale; CHAPTER 1 Sorrowful Weaving: Nightingales in Greek and Latin Texts; CHAPTER 2 Christian Nightingales: Transforming the Classical to the Christian; the Sacred to the Erotic; CHAPTER 3 Debating Class and Gender: Medieval English Nightingales; CHAPTER 4 Fragmentation and Alienation: Victorian Nightingales; CHAPTER 5 Bitter Confusions: Barrett Browning among the Nightingales; APPENDIX I: Nightingales in Classical Literature; APPENDIX II: Christian Latin Poems; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Names and Titles.