The Feminine Personification of Wisdom : a Study of Homer?s Penelope, Cappadocian Macrina, Boethius? Philosophia and Dante?s Beatrice.
Helleman, Wendy Elgersma.
The Feminine Personification of Wisdom : a Study of Homer?s Penelope, Cappadocian Macrina, Boethius? Philosophia and Dante?s Beatrice. - Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (359 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
THE FEMININE PERSONIFICATION OF WISDOM: A Study of Homer's Penelope, Cappadocian Macrina, Boethius' Philosophia, and Dante's Beatrice; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and Prefatory Notes; Foreword; Chapter One. Philosophy, Allegory and Feminine Personification; Chapter Two. Wise Penelope; Chapter Three. Macrina: the Combat of Reason against the Passions; Chapter Four. Lady Philosophy: Human and Divine; Chapter Five. Lady Philosophy: Excellent Physician of the Soul; Chapter Six. Dante's Beatrice as Lady Wisdom; Chapter Seven. Reweaving the Strands; References
This study examines the attribution of abstract values to women by analyzing four characters spanning literary genres and more that 2000 years. Penelope, Macrina, Philosophia, and Beatrice are connected by their contribution to the theme of wisdom through their use of reason against passion. Feminine personification of reason and wisdom makes its own contribution as antidote to traditional understanding of "feminine" as "emotional" or "irrational."
English.
9780773417090 0773417095
Wisdom.
Wisdom in literature.
Personification in literature.
Women in literature.
Sagesse.
Sagesse dans la littérature.
Personnification (Littérature)
Femmes dans la littérature.
personification.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--General.
Personification in literature.
Wisdom.
Wisdom in literature.
Women in literature.
Philosophy.
Philosophy & Religion.
Speculative Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
BD181 / .H35 2009
809.93384
The Feminine Personification of Wisdom : a Study of Homer?s Penelope, Cappadocian Macrina, Boethius? Philosophia and Dante?s Beatrice. - Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (359 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
THE FEMININE PERSONIFICATION OF WISDOM: A Study of Homer's Penelope, Cappadocian Macrina, Boethius' Philosophia, and Dante's Beatrice; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and Prefatory Notes; Foreword; Chapter One. Philosophy, Allegory and Feminine Personification; Chapter Two. Wise Penelope; Chapter Three. Macrina: the Combat of Reason against the Passions; Chapter Four. Lady Philosophy: Human and Divine; Chapter Five. Lady Philosophy: Excellent Physician of the Soul; Chapter Six. Dante's Beatrice as Lady Wisdom; Chapter Seven. Reweaving the Strands; References
This study examines the attribution of abstract values to women by analyzing four characters spanning literary genres and more that 2000 years. Penelope, Macrina, Philosophia, and Beatrice are connected by their contribution to the theme of wisdom through their use of reason against passion. Feminine personification of reason and wisdom makes its own contribution as antidote to traditional understanding of "feminine" as "emotional" or "irrational."
English.
9780773417090 0773417095
Wisdom.
Wisdom in literature.
Personification in literature.
Women in literature.
Sagesse.
Sagesse dans la littérature.
Personnification (Littérature)
Femmes dans la littérature.
personification.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--General.
Personification in literature.
Wisdom.
Wisdom in literature.
Women in literature.
Philosophy.
Philosophy & Religion.
Speculative Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
BD181 / .H35 2009
809.93384