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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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Sheffield :
Academic Press,
1997.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- AcknowledgementsIntroduction. Reflecting on the Nightingale. 1. Sorrowful Weaving: Nightingales in Greek and Latin texts2. Christian Nightingales: Transforming the Classical to the Christian; the Sacred to the Erotic3. Debating Class and Gender: Medieval English Nightingales4. Fragmentation and Alienation: Victorian Nightingales5. Bitter Confusions: Barrett Browning among the NightingalesAppendix 1. Nightingales in Classical LiteratureAppendix 2. Christian Latin PoemsNotesBibliographyIndex of Names and Titles.