Medieval Woman's Song
Subtitle: Cross-Cultural Approaches (Middle Ages Series)
Contributors: Ann Marie Rasmussen (Editor); Anne L. Klinck (Editor)
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: February 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780812236248
Subjects: Poetry & poets: classical, early & medieval; c 1000 CE to c 1500; History: World; History & Criticism - General; History; History - General History; Women singers; Women musicians; Medieval; Women's Studies - History; 500-1400; History and criticism; Vocal music
First sentence: Although the idea of woman's song, that is, simple love-lyric in the female voice, was developed by German and French medievalists in the nineteenth century, it seems probable that this literary type, like love-lyric in general, is more than a medieval phenomenon.