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The Feminine Personification of Wisdom: A Study of Homer's Penelope, Cappadocian Macrina, Boethius' Philosophia, and Dante's Beatrice

By Helleman , Wendy E.

Book information

Publisher
Edwin Mellen Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9780773446663
LCC
BD1811135 2009
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9122802 bytes)
Volume
1.0
Pages
\360
Time added
2024-05-25 14:08:18
Personification in literaturewisdomWisdom in literatureWomen in literature

Description

This study examines the attribution of abstract values to women by analyzing four characters spanning literary genres and more that 2000 years. Penelope, [Macrina [the Younger](https://librivox.org/the-life-of-saint-macrina-by-gregory-of-nyssa/), Sts. Basil's & Gregory of Nyssa's sister], 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'.

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