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Grafting Helen : the abduction of the classical past / Matthew Gumpert.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gumpert, Matthew.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Helen, of Troy, Queen of Sparta.
- Helen.
- Classical literature--History and criticism.
- Classical literature.
- Civilization, Western--Classical influences.
- Civilization, Western.
- French literature--Classical influences.
- French literature.
- Trojan War--Literature and the war.
- Trojan War.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 338 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2001.
- Summary:
- History is a love story: a tale of desire and jealousy, abandonment and fidelity, abduction and theft, rupture and reconciliation.This contention is central to Grafting Helen, Matthew Gumpert's original and dazzling meditation on Helen of Troy as a crucial anchor for much of Western thought and literature.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Part 1: Helen in Greece
- 1. Mimesis
- 2. Anamnesis
- 3. Supplement
- 4. Speculation
- 5. Epideixis
- 6. Deixis
- Part 2: Helen in France
- 7. Idolatry
- 8. Translation
- 9. Genealogy
- 10. Cosmetics
- 11. Miscegenation
- 12. Prostitution
- Prosthesis: Helen in (Modern) Greece
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed May 27, 2013).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- OCLC:
- 927484455
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