Vox Feminae

Studies in Medieval Woman's Songs

Edited by John F. Plummer

Book cover: Vox Feminae

Extent: 229 pages

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Subjects: Literary Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: Studies in Medieval Culture

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(July 1981)

ISBN: 9780918720122

6.02 x 8.94 inches

Price: $19.95

In stock

PDF (Published)

(December 1981)

ISBN: 9781580446686

Price: $16.00

It is the artistic use of the female voice (as role, persona, or rhetorical stance) in particular lyrical traditions or by particular poets, that is of interest here. Woman’s songs are found in all parts and periods of medieval Europe; the study of medieval woman’s song is primarily the study of the image of a voice. This is not an attempt to completely cover the field but to offer an introduction and guide to those who are not familiar with woman’s song, and a stimulation to those who are.

Contents Introduction by John F. Plummer Woman's Song in Medieval Latin by Anne Howland Schotter Voice and Audience: The Emotional World of the cantigas de amigo by Kathleen Ashley The Woman's Song in Medieval German Poetry by William E. Jackson The Woman's Songs of Hartmann von Aue by Hubert Heinen Woman's Songs In Irish, 800-1500 by Ruth P. M. Lehmann The Woman's Songs in Middle English and its European Backgrounds by John F. Plummer The Other Voice: Woman's Song, its Satire and its Transcendence in Late Medieval British Literature by Maureen Fries Poems by The Lady in La Chasse et le depart d'Amours (1509) by Mary Beth Winn Bibliography Notes on Contributors, Contents
Introduction by John F. Plummer
Woman’s Song in Medieval Latin by Anne Howland Schotter
Voice and Audience: The Emotional World of the cantigas de amigo by Kathleen Ashley
The Woman’s Song in Medieval German Poetry by William E. Jackson
The Woman’s Songs of Hartmann von Aue by Hubert Heinen
Woman’s Songs In Irish, 800–1500 by Ruth P. M. Lehmann
The Woman’s Songs in Middle English and its European Backgrounds by John F. Plummer
The “Other” Voice: Woman’s Song, its Satire and its Transcendence in Late Medieval British Literature by Maureen Fries
Poems by “The Lady” in La Chasse et le départ d’Amours (1509) by Mary Beth Winn
Bibliography
Notes on Contributors

  • Edited by John F. Plummer