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The Resource Women poets in ancient Greece and Rome, edited by Ellen Greene

Women poets in ancient Greece and Rome, edited by Ellen Greene

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Overview: Although Greek society was largely male-dominated, it gave rise to a strong tradition of female authorship. Women poets of ancient Greece and Rome have long fascinated readers, even though much of their poetry survives only in fragmentary form. This path breaking volume is the first collection of essays to examine virtually all surviving poetry by Greek and Roman women. It elevates the status of the poems by demonstrating their depth and artistry. Edited and with an introduction by Ellen Greene, the volume covers a broad time span, beginning with Sappho (ca. 630 b.c.e.) in archaic Greece and extending to Sulpicia (first century B.C.E.) in Augustan Rome. In their analyses, the contributors situate the female poets in an established male tradition, but they also reveal their distinctly "feminine" perspectives. Despite relying on literary convention, the female poets often defy cultural norms, speaking in their own voices and transcending their positions as objects of derision in male-authored texts. In their innovative reworkings of established forms, women poets of ancient Greece and Rome are not mere imitators but creators of a distinct and original body of work
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xxi, 234 p.
Contents
  • Elizabeth Manwell -- 5.
  • Homer's mother /
  • Marilyn B. Skinner -- 6.
  • Nossis Thelyglossos : the private text and the public book /
  • Marilyn B. Skinner -- 7.
  • Playing with tradition : gender and innovation in the epigrams of Anyte /
  • Ellen Greene -- 8.
  • Sulpicia and the art of literary allusion : [Tibullus] 3.13 /
  • Carol U. Merriam -- 9.
  • Sulpicia and the rhetoric of disclosure /
  • 1.
  • Barbara L. Flaschenriem
  • Sappho's public world /
  • Holt Parker -- 2.
  • Corinna's poetic Metis and the Epinikian tradition /
  • David H.J. Larmour -- 3. The
  • power of memory in Erinna and Sappho /
  • Diane J. Rayor -- 4.
  • Dico ergo sum : Erinna's voice and poetic reality /
Isbn
9780806136639
Instance
Label
Women poets in ancient Greece and Rome
Title
Women poets in ancient Greece and Rome
Statement of responsibility
edited by Ellen Greene
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Overview: Although Greek society was largely male-dominated, it gave rise to a strong tradition of female authorship. Women poets of ancient Greece and Rome have long fascinated readers, even though much of their poetry survives only in fragmentary form. This path breaking volume is the first collection of essays to examine virtually all surviving poetry by Greek and Roman women. It elevates the status of the poems by demonstrating their depth and artistry. Edited and with an introduction by Ellen Greene, the volume covers a broad time span, beginning with Sappho (ca. 630 b.c.e.) in archaic Greece and extending to Sulpicia (first century B.C.E.) in Augustan Rome. In their analyses, the contributors situate the female poets in an established male tradition, but they also reveal their distinctly "feminine" perspectives. Despite relying on literary convention, the female poets often defy cultural norms, speaking in their own voices and transcending their positions as objects of derision in male-authored texts. In their innovative reworkings of established forms, women poets of ancient Greece and Rome are not mere imitators but creators of a distinct and original body of work
Cataloging source
DLC
Government publication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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1950-
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Greene, Ellen
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Greek poetry
  • Latin poetry
  • Women
  • Women
  • Women and literature
  • Women and literature
  • Women in literature
Label
Women poets in ancient Greece and Rome, edited by Ellen Greene
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-217) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Elizabeth Manwell -- 5.
  • Homer's mother /
  • Marilyn B. Skinner -- 6.
  • Nossis Thelyglossos : the private text and the public book /
  • Marilyn B. Skinner -- 7.
  • Playing with tradition : gender and innovation in the epigrams of Anyte /
  • Ellen Greene -- 8.
  • Sulpicia and the art of literary allusion : [Tibullus] 3.13 /
  • Carol U. Merriam -- 9.
  • Sulpicia and the rhetoric of disclosure /
  • 1.
  • Barbara L. Flaschenriem
  • Sappho's public world /
  • Holt Parker -- 2.
  • Corinna's poetic Metis and the Epinikian tradition /
  • David H.J. Larmour -- 3. The
  • power of memory in Erinna and Sappho /
  • Diane J. Rayor -- 4.
  • Dico ergo sum : Erinna's voice and poetic reality /
Control code
ocm56840457
Dimensions
22 cm.
Extent
xxi, 234 p.
Isbn
9780806136639
Lccn
2004062023
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
ill.
Label
Women poets in ancient Greece and Rome, edited by Ellen Greene
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-217) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Elizabeth Manwell -- 5.
  • Homer's mother /
  • Marilyn B. Skinner -- 6.
  • Nossis Thelyglossos : the private text and the public book /
  • Marilyn B. Skinner -- 7.
  • Playing with tradition : gender and innovation in the epigrams of Anyte /
  • Ellen Greene -- 8.
  • Sulpicia and the art of literary allusion : [Tibullus] 3.13 /
  • Carol U. Merriam -- 9.
  • Sulpicia and the rhetoric of disclosure /
  • 1.
  • Barbara L. Flaschenriem
  • Sappho's public world /
  • Holt Parker -- 2.
  • Corinna's poetic Metis and the Epinikian tradition /
  • David H.J. Larmour -- 3. The
  • power of memory in Erinna and Sappho /
  • Diane J. Rayor -- 4.
  • Dico ergo sum : Erinna's voice and poetic reality /
Control code
ocm56840457
Dimensions
22 cm.
Extent
xxi, 234 p.
Isbn
9780806136639
Lccn
2004062023
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
ill.

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