Re-reading Sappho : reception and transmission

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greene, Ellen, Author.

Contributor:

Greene, Ellen, Contributor.

Series:

Classics and contemporary thought Re-reading Sappho

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sappho--Criticism and interpretation--History.

Sappho.

Sappho--Influence.

Love poetry, Greek--History and criticism--Theory, etc--Greece--Lesbos (Municipality).

Love poetry, Greek.

Women and literature--Greek influences--Greece.

Women and literature.

Literature, Modern.

Transmission of texts.

Lesbians in literature.

Love in literature.

Lesbos (Greece : Municipality)--In literature.

Lesbos (Greece : Municipality).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] University of California Press 1996

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Re-Reading Sappho reflects the recent fascination with Sappho's "afterlife." The essays examine the changing interpretations of scholars and writers who have read the fragmentary remains of Sappho's poetry. As the contributors explore the ways that each generation creates its own Sappho, the Sapphic tradition itself becomes an index to changing sensibilities and cultural norms about sexuality, gender roles, and notions of fema le authorship.A legendary literary figure, Sappho has attracted readers, critics, and biographers ever since she composed poems on the island of Lesbos at the close of the seventh century B.C. Bringing together some of the best recent criticism on the subject, this volume, together with Reading Sappho, represents the first anthology of Sappho scholarship, drawing attention to Sappho's importance as a poet and reflecting the diversity of critical approaches in classical and literary scholarship during the last several decades.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-585-16032-5

0-520-91807-X