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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Alison Keith |
| ISBN: | 0521554195 9780521554190 052155621X 9780521556217 |
| OCLC Number: | 41086663 |
| Description: | xii, 149 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Introduction: gender and genre -- 2. Epic and education: the construction of Roman masculinity -- 3. The ground of representation -- 4. Exordia pugnae: engendering war -- 5. Over her dead body. |
| Series Title: | Roman literature and its contexts. |
| Responsibility: | A.M. Keith. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
Heroism has long been recognised by readers and critics of Roman epic as a central theme of the genre from Virgil and Ovid to Lucan and Statius. However the crucial role female characters play in the constitution and negotiation of the heroism on display in epic has received scant attention in the critical literature. This study represents an attempt to restore female characters to visibility in Roman epic and to examine the discursive operations that effect their marginalisation within both the genre and the critical tradition it has given rise to. The five chapters can be read either as self-contained essays or as a cumulative exploration of the gender dynamics of the Roman epic tradition. The issues addressed are of interest not just to classicists but also to students of gender studies.
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- Epik şiir, Latin -- Tarih ve eleştiri.
- Kadın ve edebiyat -- Roma.
- Cinsiyet rolü, Edebiyatta.
- Edebiyatta kadın.
- Epic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.
- Women and literature -- Rome.
- Sex role in literature.
- Women in literature.
- Poésie épique latine -- Histoire et critique.
- Femmes et littérature -- Rome -- Histoire.
- Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
- Personages.
- Vrouwen.
- Epen.
- Latijn.
- Literatura latina (história e crítica)
- Poesia épica.
- Mulheres (influências) -- Roma antiga.
- Epos.
- Frau (Motiv)
- Geschichte.
- Latein.
- Femmes -- Dans la littérature.
- Femmes -- Rome -- Histoire.
- Femmes -- Conditions sociales.
- Femmes et littérature -- Rome.
- Rôle selon le sexe -- Dans la littérature.
- Épopées latines -- Histoire et critique.
