Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin's female figures
By: Patricia Boyle Haberstroh
Publisher: Cork University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cork [Ireland]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9781859184981
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Women in literature
Other titles: Female figure in Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin's poetry
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-183) and index.