The pregnant male as myth and metaphor in classical Greek literature /

"This book traces the image of the pregnant male in Greek literature as it evolves over the course of the classical period. The image as deployed in myth and in metaphor originates as a representation of paternity and, by extension, authorship of ideas, works of art, legislation, and the like....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leitao, David D., 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, [2012]
Temas:
To 1500
Greek literature > History and criticism.
Philosophy in literature.
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) > History > To 1500.
Masculinity in literature.
Metaphor in literature.
Reproductive History
Gender Identity > history
Greek World
Littérature grecque > Histoire et critique.
Philosophie dans la littérature.
Masculinité dans la littérature.
Métaphore dans la littérature.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Greek literature
Masculinity in literature
Metaphor in literature
Philosophy in literature
Mannelijkheid.
Zwangerschap.
Literaire thema's.
Metaforen.
Mythen.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The new father of Anaxagoras: the one-seed theory of reproduction and its reception in Athenian tragedy
  • The thigh birth of Dionysus: exploring legitimacy in the classical city-state
  • From myth to metaphor: intellectual and poetic generation in the age of the sophists
  • Blepyrus's turd-child and the birth of Athena
  • The pregnant philosopher: masculine and feminine procreative styles in Plato's Symposium
  • Reading Plato's midwife: Socrates and intellectual paternity in the Theaetetus.

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