TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dominguez,Diana V.
TI  - Historical residues in the Old Irish legends of Queen Medb: an expanded interpretation of the Ulster cycle 
SN  - 0773429557
AV  - PB1397.C8 D66 2010
U1  - 891.6/210309352042 23
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Lewiston, N.Y.
PB  - Edwin Mellen Press
KW  - Ulster cycle
KW  - fast
KW  - Epic literature, Irish
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Tales
KW  - Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland)
KW  - Women and literature
KW  - Littérature épique irlandaise
KW  - Histoire et critique
KW  - Contes
KW  - Ulster (Irlande du Nord et Irlande)
KW  - Femmes et littérature
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Languages & Literatures
KW  - hilcc
KW  - Celtic Languages & Literatures
KW  - Ireland
KW  - Ulster
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; "Ah indeed! That is Medb of Cruachan": critical and literary tradition -- "We need not doubt that there were many like her in real life": Medb as realistic reflection of her culture -- "I was noblest and worthiest": Medb as political ruler -- "Mighty are the deeds of Medb": Medb as military commander -- "It is she who lives on in legend": implications and further research
N2  - Medb of Connacht, a central female character of medieval Ireland's Ulster Cycle is read traditionally as an example of a misogynistic, patriarchal Christian campaign to suppress and silence women in early Ireland, or as symbolic of a primordial, mythic pre-Christian goddess, exempt from patriarchal censure because her behavior is ascribed to her duties as a divine sovereignty figure. In addition, this work provides the first comparative and comprehensive character analysis of the Connacht warrior queen across numerous tales in which she appears as a major player, presenting a more complete pic
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