Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 19670
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Larson , Heather Feldmeth.
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  • Title: The Veiled Poet: "Líadain and Cuirithir" and the Role of the Woman-Poet [The author briefly analyzes the figure of the female poet Liadain and compares her to two other literary representations of women poets: the daughter of Ua Dulsaine and the protagonist of "Aithbe Damsa." Larson suggests that all three stories about these professional women poets show them as hidden (sometimes using the image of "caille," a veil) and speaking from the outside. Moreover, they all have to pay a price to make their voices heard. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source:   Edited by Joseph Falaky Nagy and Leslie Eleen JonesCeltic Studies Association of North America (CSANA) Yearbook 40241, ( 2005): Pages 262 - 268. Heroic Poets and Poetic Heroes in CelticTradition: A Festschrift for Patrick K. Ford. Edited by Joseph Falaky Nagy and Leslie Eleen Jones. Four Courts Press, 2005
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Aithbe Damsa (The Lament of the Caillech Berre), Irish Poem Caillech (Middle Irish: Veiled One) Comrac Liadaine Ocus Cuirithic (The Meeting of Liadain and Cuirithir), Irish Prose Narrative with Poetry Daughter of Ua Dulsain [Literary Figure] Ireland Irish
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 8- 9- 10- 11- 12
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  • Year of Publication: 2005.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 16490096