Ovid's tragic heroines : gender abjection and generic code-switching /


Jessica A. Westerhold.
Bok Engelsk 2023 · Literary criticism.
Omfang
xi, 213 pages : : illustrations ;
Opplysninger
Introduction: Ovid's tragic performances -- Signs of abject desire in Ars Amatoria -- Rescripting Phaedra for an elegiac role -- Medean disruptions in epic and elegy -- Conclusion: Ovid's abject exile.. - "This book explores the reception of the fifth-century B.C.E. Greek tragic heroines Phaedra and Medea in the poems Ars Amatoria, Heroides, and Metamorphoses by the Roman poet Publius Ovidius Naso (43 B.C.E.-17/18 C.E.) and applies theoretical approaches developed by the feminist theorists Julia Kristeva and Judith Butler"--
Emner
Medea, , consort of Aegeus, King of Athens (Mythological character)
Ovid, , 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. - Characters - Women.
Phaedra , (Greek mythological character)
Abjection in literature.
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9781501770357
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