Maternal conceptions in classical literature and philosophy
"Unlike many studies of the family in the ancient world, this volume presents readings of mothers in classical literature, including philosophical and epigraphic writing as well as poetic texts. Rather than relying on a male viewpoint, the essays offer a female perspective on the lifecycle of m...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto ; Buffalo ; London :
University of Toronto Press
[2020]
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Phoenix. Supplementary ;
Volume 57. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009672639906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Uncanny Mothers in Roman Literature
- Section 1: Mothers and Young Children
- 3 From Body to Behaviour: Maternal Transmission in the Ancient Greek World
- 4 Νωδυνία: L'Oubli des Souffrances Maternelles et le Chant Théocritéen: d'Alcmène (Id. 24) à Bérénice (Id. 17)
- 5 "Nimis ... mater": Mother Plot and Epic Deviation in the Achilleid
- 6 Augustan Maternal Ideology: The Blended Families of Octavia and Venus
- Section 2: Mothers and Their Children's Marriages
- 7 Motherhood in Roman Epithalamia
- 8 The Roman Mother-In-Law
- Section 3: Mothers and Their Adult Children
- 9 Maximum Thebis (Romae?) scelus / maternus amor est (Oed. 629-30): Amour de la Mère et Inceste chez Sénèque
- 10 Mighty Mothers: Female Political Theorists in Euripides' Suppliant Women and Phoenician Women
- 11 Wife, Mother, Philosopher: On the Symbolic Function of Augustine's Monnica
- Section 4: Mothers and the Death of Their Children
- 12 Virgilian Matres: From Maternal Lament to Female Sedition in the Aeneid
- 13 Octavia: A Roman Mother in Mourning
- 14 Mothers as Dedicators
- Abbreviations
- Works Cited
- Contributors
- Index Locorum
- General Index
