Land of Women: Tales of Sex and Gender from Early Ireland by Bitel, Lisa M

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Cornell University Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A crisp clean first edition, no markings throughout, not an ex-lib: "This book disperses the shadows in an obscure but important landscape. Lis a Bitel addresses both the history of women in early Ireland and the histor y of myth, legend, and superstition which surrounded them. It is a powerful and exact book and an invaluable addition to our expanding sense of Irelan d through the eyes of Irish women."-Eavan Boland, author of In a Time of Vi olence: Poems "It is refreshing to read in a book by a woman on medieval women that not a ll clerics hated women and that not all men were oversexed villains conscio usly bent on exploiting women. Bitel challenges not only the medieval Irish male construct of female behavior, but she is also courageous enough to qu estion constructs of medieval women invented by modern Irish medieval histo rians."-Times Higher Education Supplement "Lisa M. Bitel's extraordinary excavation of pre-modern… Read More

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 080143095X . First printing stated. .

Fine Collectible Hardcover Fine Dust Jacket NOT a Institution book. NOT price clipped. A serious primary source based study of the social, political and spiritual role of Celtic women in Pre-Christian and Medieval Ireland. Seeks to dampen the overly enthusiastic and encourage the overly enthusiastic cynic.Still quite worthwhile and necessary. Woman saints and Celtic Goddesses like Brigid Saint and triple Goddess. Great condition.Three Geese in Flight Celtic Books Five Star Customer service since 1977

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Cornell University Press, 1996-04-18. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!