Weaving the word
Subtitle: the metaphorics of weaving and female textual production
By: Kathryn Sullivan Kruger.
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Selinsgrove, [Pa.]; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
Subjects: Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892.; Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892. -- Illustrations.; Blake, William, 1757-1827.; Homer -- Characters -- Weavers.; Homer -- Characters -- Women.; English poetry -- History and criticism.; Women in literature.; Mythology, Greek, in literature.; Weaving in literature.; Women weavers.
Description: "In Weaving the Word Kathryn Sullivan Kruger examines the link between written texts and woven textiles. Encoded by pattern, symbol, and dye, textiles offer an important form of communication heretofore ignored. Kruger asserts that before written texts could record and preserve the stories of a culture, cloth was one of the primary modes for transmitting social beliefs and messages.".

"Through an analysis of specific weaving stories, the difference between a text and a textile becomes blurred. Such stories portray women weavers transforming their domestic activity of making textiles into one of making texts by inscribing their cloth with both personal and political messages."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-180) and index.