Readers and writers in Ovid's Heroides : transgressions of genre and gender / Efrossini Spentzou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spentzou, Efrossini.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. Heroides.

Ovid.

Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D--Characters--Women.

Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.

Epistolary poetry, Latin--History and criticism.

Epistolary poetry, Latin.

Separation (Psychology) in literature.

Mythology, Classical, in literature.

Literary form--History--To 1500.

Literary form.

History.

Sex differences in literature.

Women and literature--Rome.

Women and literature.

First person narrative.

Sex role in literature.

Heroines in literature.

Women in literature.

Heroides (Ovid).

Rome (Empire).

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xx, 231 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

This is the first book-length study to reconstruct the experiences of the abandoned heroines of the Heroides, which have been largely ignored by past criticism. Bringing together a broad range of ancient and modern critical thought, Dr. Spentzou isolates the voices of landmark female figures of the classical myth, releasing them from Ovid's male text.

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Oxford University, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-215) and indexes.

ISBN:

0199255687

9780199255689

OCLC:

861979938