Penthesilea und ihre Schwestern : Amazonenepisoden als Bauform des Heldenepos
Susanne Borowski
Bok · Tysk · 2022
| Omfang | x, 174 sider
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| Opplysninger | Opprinnelig utgitt som forfatterens doktoravhandling - Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2019. - "In Penthesilea und ihre Schwestern - Amazonenepisoden als Bauform des Heldenepos Susanne Borowski establishes Amazon-episodes as a gender-sensitive structural element of epic poetry. This is the first book that provides a comprehensive intertextual interpretation of all Amazon-episodes in Homer's Iliad, Apollonius Rhodius' Argonautica, Vergil's Aeneid, Valerius Flaccusʼ Argonautica, Statiusʼ Thebaid, Silius Italicusʼ Punica and Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica. Where previous scholars have often interpreted Amazons as a symbol of transgressive behaviour, this study shows that they are universally respected warriors. Their appearance, descent, and aristeiai characterize their fighting as transgendered. This study offers new perspectives on the construction of gender in Graeco-Roman Epic"--
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| ISBN | 9789004472723
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