The Ovidian heroine as author reading, writing, and community in the Heroides
Ovid's Heroides, a catalogue of letters by women who have been deserted, has too frequently been examined as merely a lament. In a new departure, this book portrays the women of the Heroides as a community of authors. Combining close readings of the texts and their mythological backgrounds with...
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Cambridge, U.K. :
Cambridge University Press
2005
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- 1. Reading dangerously: Phyllis, Dido, Ariadne, and Medea
- 2. Reading the future?: Hypsipyle, Medea, and Oenone
- 3. Benefits of communal writing: Canace and Hypermestra
- 4. A feminine reading of epic: Briseis and Hermione
- 5. Reading magically: Deianira and Laodamia
- 6. Reading like a virgin: Phaedra and Ariadne
- 7. Caveat lector: thoughts on gender and power
- Appendix: The authenticity (and "authenticity") of Heroides
- Bibliography
- Index
- Index locorum
