Sappho''s Sweetbitter Songs - Configurations of Female and Male in Ancient Greek Lyric

Informationen zum Autor Hatherly Wilson, Lyn Klappentext The woman-made world described in Sappho's songs has been discussed and analysed for centuries. In "Sappho's Sweetbitter Songs," late twentieth century theories of feminism, psychoanalysis and literary criticism are applied to Sappho's lyrics for the first time. The study recreates and examines a voice that sings of the dreams and interactions of women, tells of the bodies, rhythms and desires of the women of Sappho's circle. At the same time it offers an analysis of sexual difference, comparing the homoerotic lyrics of male poets of that era to those of Sappho. Zusammenfassung This study recreates and examines a voice that sings of the dreams and interactions of women and tells of the bodies, rhythms and desires of the women of Sappho's circle. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Aphrodite; Chapter 2 Songs of love; Chapter 3 A woman's desire; Chapter 4 'Virginity'; Chapter 5 Gazing At Beauty; Chapter 6 Circles Of Women; Chapter 7 A Chain Of Remembrance; Chapter 8 Epithalamia; Chapter 9 Immortality; Chapter 10 Honour; Chapter 11 Symbolic Realms;

Product details

• Authors: Lyn Hatherly Wilson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.05.1996
• EAN: 9780415126700
• ISBN: 978-0-415-12670-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Gender studies: women, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Gender studies: women and girls, Ancient (Classical) Greek, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Lesbian studies, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form