Warrior Women and Popular Balladry 1650-1850 - Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Thought, 4 (Hardcover, New)

In this book the author documents the flourishing of the female warrior heroine in lower-class popular songs of the 17th and 18th centuries. In well over a hundred ballads during this period, the heroine masquerades as a man, going to war for love and glory. The author examines the ballads, their composition, sale and performance, and relates the warrior women to a wide range of contemporary contexts. These include everyday life for the lower-class population of the period (especially for women), a wide array of literary forms using the motif of disguised women and raising issues relating to gender and masquerading, and the western heroic ideal with its sexual and martial implications. This original study makes valuable connections between popular and polite literary forms, too often segregated in academic studies. From a stimulating feminist persective, Professor Dugaw addresses some timely and contentious issues in this study of refreshingly new source material.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 1989
First published:	1989
Authors:	Dianne Dugaw
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	250
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-37254-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General
LSN:	0-521-37254-2
Barcode:	9780521372541

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