A Penelopean Poetics - Reweaving the Feminine in Homer's Odyssey

Informationen zum Autor Barbara Clayton teaches in the Classics Department and Introduction to the Humanities Program at Stanford University. Klappentext A Penelopean Poetics looks at the relationship between gender ideology and the self-referential poetics fo the Odyssey through the figure of Penelope. Her poetics become a discursive thread through which different feminine voices can realize their resistant capacities. Author, Barbara Clayton, informs discussions in the classics, gender studies, and literary criticism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Not the Iliad: Reconsidering a Gendered Approach to the Odyssey Chapter 2 Unweaving to Reweave: Poetry and Process Chapter 3 Reweaving Identities: Odysseus' Lies and the Tale of the Scar Chapter 4 Weaver and Artist: Surveying a Penelope Tradition Chapter 5 Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Clayton, Clayton Barbara
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2004
• EAN: 9780739107232
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-0723-2
• No. of pages: 152
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches; Greek Studies; Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; NON-CLASSIFIABLE, POETRY / General, Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Stationery and miscellaneous items, Miscellaneous items