The transvestite Achilles : gender and genre in Statius' Achilleid /

Statius' unfinished epic, the Achilleid, explores Achilles' mother's attempt to save her son from the Trojan War by dressing him as a girl. This first book-length study of the poem offers a detailed interpretation and explores questions of the poem's reception and of gender in an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Heslin, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Temas:
Statius, P. Papinius > (Publius Papinius)
Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. > Influence.
Achilles > (Mythological character)) in literature.
Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Cross-dressers in literature.
Travestis dans la littérature.
POETRY > Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Cross-dressers in literature
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Statius' unfinished epic, the Achilleid, explores Achilles' mother's attempt to save her son from the Trojan War by dressing him as a girl. This first book-length study of the poem offers a detailed interpretation and explores questions of the poem's reception and of gender in antiquity.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xx, 349 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-330) and indexes.
ISBN:9780511482236
051148223X
0511130430
9780511130434
0511128908
9780511128905
9780511300042
0511300042
1280416300
9781280416309

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