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Woman's songs in ancient Greece /

By considering women's voices in performance, Anne Klinck provides a new perspective on women's "writing." She shows that our understanding of femininity in ancient Greece can be expanded by going beyond poetry composed by women poets like Sappho to explore girls' and women&...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Klinck, Anne L., 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Griego Antiguo
Published: Montreal ; Ithaca, NY : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2008.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:By considering women's voices in performance, Anne Klinck provides a new perspective on women's "writing." She shows that our understanding of femininity in ancient Greece can be expanded by going beyond poetry composed by women poets like Sappho to explore girls' and women's choral songs from the archaic period, songs for female choruses and characters in tragedy, and lyrical representations of women's rituals and cults.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 285 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index.
ISBN:9780773577213
0773577211
1282867660
9781282867666
9786612867668
6612867663