Interpreting nightingales : gender, class, and histories / Jeni Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Jeni.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nightingale in literature.

Literature--Philosophy.

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sheffield : Academic Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The poetic nightingale is so familiar it seems hardly to merit serious attention. Yet its ubiquity is significant, suggesting associations with erotic love, pathos and art that cross culture and history. This book examines the different nightingales of European literature, starting with the Greek myth of Philomela, the raped girl, silenced by having her tongue cut out, and then transformed into the bird whose name means poet, poetry and nightingale simultaneously. Moving from the classical to the Christian worlds, Jeni Williams discusses nightingales and nature in the early church and sees the

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: Reflecting on the Nightingale; CHAPTER 1 Sorrowful Weaving: Nightingales in Greek and Latin Texts; CHAPTER 2 Christian Nightingales: Transforming the Classical to the Christian; the Sacred to the Erotic; CHAPTER 3 Debating Class and Gender: Medieval English Nightingales; CHAPTER 4 Fragmentation and Alienation: Victorian Nightingales; CHAPTER 5 Bitter Confusions: Barrett Browning among the Nightingales; APPENDIX I: Nightingales in Classical Literature; APPENDIX II: Christian Latin Poems; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Names and Titles

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references ([247]-260.

ISBN:

9786611295462

9781281295460

1281295469

9781847141859

1847141854

OCLC:

290571739