Woman’s Songs in Ancient Greece

By considering women's voices in performance, Anne Klinck provides a new perspective on women's 'writing'. She shows that our understanding of femininity in ancient Greece can be expanded by going beyond poetry composed by women poets to explore women's choral songs from the archaic period.

Anne L. Klinck has recently retired from the University of New Brunswick, where she taught medieval literature and English language. Her previous books include The Old English Elegies: A Critical Edition and Genre Study and An Anthology of Ancient and Med