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  1. The feminine personification of wisdom
    a study of Homer's Penelope, Cappadocian Macrina, Boethius' Philosophia, and Dante's Beatrice
    Published: c2009
    Publisher:  Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, N.Y

    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... more

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    Hochschule Aalen, Bibliothek
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    Hochschule Esslingen, Bibliothek
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    Saarländische Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek
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    Universitätsbibliothek der Eberhard Karls Universität
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    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." 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

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0773417095; 9780773417090
    Subjects: Wisdom; Wisdom in literature; Personification in literature; Women in literature; Personification in literature; Women in literature; Wisdom in literature; Wisdom; LITERARY CRITICISM ; European ; General; Personification in literature; Wisdom; Wisdom in literature; Women in literature; Philosophy; Philosophy & Religion; Speculative Philosophy
    Scope: Online Ressource (xiv, 336 p.)
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    Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
  2. The Feminine Personification of Wisdom
    a Study of Homer?s Penelope, Cappadocian Macrina, Boethius? Philosophia and Dante?s Beatrice
    Author: Helleman, Wendy E.
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston

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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0773417095; 0773446664; 9780773417090; 9780773446663
    Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General; Personification in literature; Wisdom; Wisdom in literature; Women in literature; Wisdom; Wisdom in literature; Personification in literature; Women in literature; Weiblichkeit; Personifikation; Frau; Literatur; Weisheit
    Scope: 1 online resource (359 pages)
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    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."