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Author Dominguez, Diana V.

Title Historical residues in the Old Irish legends of Queen Medb : an expanded interpretation of the Ulster cycle / Diana Dominguez ; with a preface by James Whitlark.

Publication Info. Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (iii, 303 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents "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.
Summary 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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Subject Ulster cycle.
Ulster cycle.
Ulster cycle.
Epic literature, Irish -- History and criticism.
Epic literature, Irish.
Tales -- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) -- History and criticism.
Tales.
Women and literature -- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland)
Women and literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Dominguez, Diana V. Historical residues in the Old Irish legends of Queen Medb. Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2010 9780773436497 (DLC) 2010010417
ISBN 0773429557 (electronic book)
9780773429550 (electronic book)
9780773436497
0773436499