An Anthology of Ancient and Medieval Woman's Song
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: April 17, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781403963093
Subjects: Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; Poetry anthologies: classical, early & medieval; Vocal music; Women's studies; BCE to c 500 CE; c 1000 CE to c 1500; c 500 CE to c 1000 CE; Poetry, Ancient; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literary Criticism; Poetry, Medieval; Anthologies (multiple authors); Medieval; Literary Criticism & Collections / Medieval; History and criticism; Lyric poetry; Women in literature
First sentence: Most of the poetry in this collection reflects heterosexual love, but in some of the earliest pieces, by Alcman and Sappho, the feeling is homoerotic.