| Description |
1 online resource (302 pages) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references ([247]-260 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Nightingale in literature.
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Literature -- Philosophy.
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Literature -- Philosophy
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Nightingale in literature
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781847141859 |
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1847141854 |
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1281295469 |
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9781281295460 |
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