She-Wolf - The Story of a Roman Icon

Informationen zum Autor Cristina Mazzoni is Professor of Romance Languages at the University of Vermont. In addition to numerous articles in scholarly journals, she is the author of Saint Hysteria, Maternal Impressions, The Voices of Gemma Galgani (with Rudolph Bell), and The Women in God's Kitchen. Klappentext Cristina Mazzoni examines the evolution of the she-wolf as a symbol in western history, art, and literature. Zusammenfassung Cristina Mazzoni examines the evolution of the she-wolf as a symbol in western history! art! and literature! from antiquity to contemporary times. She engagingly analyses the various role guises of the she-wolf over time in the first comprehensive study in any language on this subject. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. The Capitoline She-Wolf: 1. Antiquity; 2. Middle Ages and Renaissance; 3. Modern and contemporary times; Part II. Writing about the She-Wolf: 4. Antiquity; 5. Middle Ages and Renaissance; 6. Modern and contemporary times; Part III. The She-Wolf in Art: 7. Antiquity; 8. Middle Ages and Renaissance; 9. Modern and contemporary times; Conclusion: the live wolves of Rome.

Product details

• Authors: Cristina Mazzoni, Cristina (University of Vermont) Mazzoni, Mazzoni Cristina
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.03.2010
• EAN: 9780521145664
• ISBN: 978-0-521-14566-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Medieval History, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Folklore, myths and legends, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)