Ovidian Heroine As Author - Reading, Writing, and Community in the Heroides

Informationen zum Autor Laurel Fulkerson is Assistant Professor of Classics at the Florida State University. She is the author of various articles on Latin and Greek poetry. Klappentext Examination of Ovid's Heroides which portrays its fictional female writers as a community of authors. Zusammenfassung This works represents a new departure in the treatment of Ovid's Heroides! letters by women deserted by men. It portrays the women as agents rather than victims! employing textual strategies for their own ends. Combining traditional scholarship with recent criticism! it is required reading for any student of Latin literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Reading dangerously: Phyllis, Dido, Ariadne, and Medea; 2. Reading the future: Hypsipyle, Medea, and Oenone; 3. Benefits of communal writing: Canace and Hypermestra; 4. A feminine reading of epic: Briseis and Hermione; 5. Reading magically: Deianira and Laodamia; 6. Reading like a virgin: Phaedra and Ariadne; 7. Caveat lector: thoughts on gender and power; Appendix A. The authenticity (and 'authenticity') of Heroides 15; Bibliography; Index; Index Locorum.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Laurel Fulkerson, Laurel (Florida State University) Fulkerson, Fulkerson Laurel
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.07.2009
• EAN: 9780521117814
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11781-4
• Seiten: 200
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Klassische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets