Womans Words: Emer and Female Speech in the Ulster Cycle

by Joanne Findon

A Woman's Words is the first in-depth analysis of Middle Irish literature from a feminist standpoint, and the first formal critical discussion of the representation of female speech in medieval Irish literature. Joanne Findon analyses the representation of Emer, the wife of the great Irish hero Cu Chulainn, in four linked medieval Irish tales, and discusses Emer's ability to use powerful, effective words to change her fictional world and the audience's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802008658
• ISBN13: 9780802008657
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher