Eilean Ní Chuilleanáin's female figures /

This is a six chapter study of the image of the female in Ní Chuilleanáin's poetry, emphasizing the ways in which she revises conventional cultural images of women in order to challenge stereotypical images and create a more multidimensional perspective on women's lives and achievements. I...

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Main Author: Haberstroh, Patricia Boyle
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cork, Ireland : Cork University Press, 2013.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This is a six chapter study of the image of the female in Ní Chuilleanáin's poetry, emphasizing the ways in which she revises conventional cultural images of women in order to challenge stereotypical images and create a more multidimensional perspective on women's lives and achievements. It explores the way in which she uses history, myth and folklore, religion and ritual, and architectural space to revise and create alternative female figures.
Item Description:Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 electronic text (viii, 194 pages) :) : digital fil
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-183) and index.
ISBN:9781909005730
1909005738