 | Woman''s Songs in Ancient Greece Subjects: Greek poetry -- Texts -- Translations into English; Lyric poetry; Femininity in literature; Oral poetry -- History; Women in literature; Women and literature -- Greece -- History; Greek poetry -- History and criticism; Lyric poetry -- History and criticis; By considering women's voices in performance, Anne Klinck provides a new perspective on women's "writing." She shows that our understanding of femininity in ancient Greece can be expanded by going beyond poetry composed by women poets like Sappho to explore girls' and women's choral songs from the archaic period, songs for female choruses and characters in tragedy, and lyrical representations of women's rituals and cults. Klinck Anne L. : Anne L. Klinck is professor emerita at the University of New Brunswick and the author of The Old English Elegies: A Critical Edition and Genre Study and Woman's Songs in Ancient Greece.Anne L. Klinck has recently retired from the University of New Brunswick, where she taught medieval literature and English language. Her previous books include The Old English Elegies: A Critical Edition and Genre Study and An Anthology of Ancient and Med |
