Gendered Dynamics in Latin Love Poetry Hardback
Edited by Ronnie (Hunter College) Ancona, Ellen (Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma) Greene
Part of the Arethusa Books series
Hardback
Description
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 that the dynamics of gender in Latin amatory poetry do not map in any single way onto the cultural and historical norms of Roman society.
In fact, as several essays show, there is a dialectical relationship between this poetry and Roman cultural practices.
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.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:384 pages, 10 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication Date:13/01/2006
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- ISBN:9780801881985
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:384 pages, 10 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication Date:13/01/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780801881985
