This study transforms our understanding of Roman love elegy, an important and complex corpus of poetry that flourished in the late first century b.c.e. Sharon L. James reads key poems by Propertius, Tibullus, and Ovid for the first time from the perspective of the woman to whom they are addressed—the
docta puella, or learned girl, the poet’s beloved. By interpreting the poetry not, as has always been done, from the stance of the elite male writers—as plaint and confession—but rather from the viewpoint of the women—thus as persuasion and attempted manipulation—James reveals strategies and substance that no one has listened for before.
docta puella, or learned girl, the poet’s beloved. By interpreting the poetry not, as has always been done, from the stance of the elite male writers—as plaint and confession—but rather from the viewpoint of the women—thus as persuasion and attempted manipulation—James reveals strategies and substance that no one has listened for before.
Über den Autor
Sharon L. James is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Sprache Englisch ● Format PDF ● Seiten 368 ● ISBN 9780520928664 ● Dateigröße 1.9 MB ● Verlag University of California Press ● Land US ● Erscheinungsjahr 2003 ● Ausgabe 1 ● herunterladbar 24 Monate ● Währung EUR ● ID 4995195 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM
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