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Gendered Dynamics in Latin Love Poetry
Ronnie Ancona (Ed.)
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Description for Gendered Dynamics in Latin Love Poetry
Hardback. By complicating the views of gender dynamics in Latin love poetry, this exciting new scholarship will stimulate further debates in classical studies and literary criticism with its fresh perspectives. Editor(s): Ancona, Ronnie; Greene, Ellen. Series: Arethusa Books. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658.
In recent decades, Latin love poetry has become a significant site for feminist and other literary critics studying conceptions of gender and sexuality in ancient Roman culture. This new volume, the first to focus specifically on gender dynamics in Latin love poetry, moves beyond the polarized critical positions that argue that this poetry either confirms traditional gender roles or subverts them. Rather, the essays in the collection explore the ways in which Latin erotic texts can have both effects, shifting power back and forth between male and female. If there is one conclusion that emerges, it is ... Read more
In recent decades, Latin love poetry has become a significant site for feminist and other literary critics studying conceptions of gender and sexuality in ancient Roman culture. This new volume, the first to focus specifically on gender dynamics in Latin love poetry, moves beyond the polarized critical positions that argue that this poetry either confirms traditional gender roles or subverts them. Rather, the essays in the collection explore the ways in which Latin erotic texts can have both effects, shifting power back and forth between male and female. If there is one conclusion that emerges, it is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Series
Arethusa Books
Condition
New
Weight
657g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801881985
SKU
V9780801881985
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About Ronnie Ancona (Ed.)
Ronnie Ancona is a professor of classics at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, The City University of New York. Ellen Greene is the Joseph Paxton Presidential Professor of Classics at the University of Oklahoma.
Reviews for Gendered Dynamics in Latin Love Poetry
The volume as a whole is valuable... A successful and thought-provoking collection.
Roy Gibson
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Admirably ambitious in the range of texts and authors that it covers... Gendered Dynamics shows a welcome spirit of adventure in the many contributions which cast strikingly different perspectives on given problems or texts.
Gareth Williams
Journal ... Read more
Roy Gibson
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Admirably ambitious in the range of texts and authors that it covers... Gendered Dynamics shows a welcome spirit of adventure in the many contributions which cast strikingly different perspectives on given problems or texts.
Gareth Williams
Journal ... Read more