The Feminine Personification of Wisdom : a Study of Homer?s Penelope, Cappadocian Macrina, Boethius? Philosophia and Dante?s Beatrice.

This study examines the attribution of abstract values to women by analyzing four characters spanning literary genres and more that 2000 years. Penelope, Macrina, Philosophia, and Beatrice are connected by their contribution to the theme of wisdom through their use of reason against passion. Feminin...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Helleman, Wendy Elgersma
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Wisdom.
Wisdom in literature.
Personification in literature.
Women in literature.
Sagesse.
Sagesse dans la littérature.
Personnification (Littérature)
Femmes dans la littérature.
personification.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > General.
Philosophy.
Philosophy & Religion.
Speculative Philosophy.
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