Ovid's Tragic Heroines : Gender Abjection and Generic Code-Switching /

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"This book explores the reception of the fifth-century B.C.E. Greek tragic heroines Phaedra and Medea in the poems Ars Amatoria, Heroides, and Metamorphoses by the Roman poet Publius Ovidius Naso (43 B.C.E.-17/18 C.E.) and applies theoretical approaches developed by the feminist theorists Julia...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Westerhold, Jessica A., 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2023.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Phaedra > (Greek mythological character)
Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Medea, > consort of Aegeus, King of Athens (Mythological character)
Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. > Characters > Women.
Women in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Heroines in literature.
Gender identity in literature.
Abjection in literature.
Literary criticism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"This book explores the reception of the fifth-century B.C.E. Greek tragic heroines Phaedra and Medea in the poems Ars Amatoria, Heroides, and Metamorphoses by the Roman poet Publius Ovidius Naso (43 B.C.E.-17/18 C.E.) and applies theoretical approaches developed by the feminist theorists Julia Kristeva and Judith Butler"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (228 pages): illustrations (black and white) ;
ISBN:9781501770371

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