Penelope's Renown : Meaning and Indeterminacy in the Odyssey /

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Noted for her contradictory words and actions, Penelope has been a problematic character for critics of the Odyssey, many of whom turn to psychological explanations to account for her behavior. In a fresh approach to the problem, Marylin Katz links Penelope closely with the strategies that govern th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Katz, Marylin A., 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1991]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Penelope > (mythologie grecque) > Dans la litterature.
Homere, > (08.?-08.? av. J.-C.) > Personnages.
Penelope > (mythologie grecque)
Homere (08.?-08.? av. J.-C.). > 'Odyssee.
Penelope > (Greek mythological character)
Homer.
Homer. > Odyssey.
Homer > Characters > Penelope.
Odyssey (Homer)
Mitologia e mito.
Literatura grega (historia e critica)
Odyssea (Homerus)
Women and literature.
Penelope (Greek mythology) in literature.
Epic poetry, Greek.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Femmes et litterature > Grece.
Poesie epique grecque > Histoire et critique.
Women and literature > Greece.
Epic poetry, Greek > History and criticism.
Greece.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • Glossary of Greek Terms
  • CHAPTER ONE. Indeterminancy and Interpretation
  • CHAPTER TWO. The Construction of Absence (Books 1--4, 11)
  • CHAPTER THREE. Coming Home/Going Home (Books 13, 15, 16)
  • CHAPTER FOUR. What Does Penelope Want? (Books 18, 19)
  • CHAPTER FIVE. The Construction of Presence (Books 17-21)
  • CHAPTER SIX. Duplicity, Indeterminacy, and the Ideology of Exclusivity (Book 23)
  • CONCLUSION: Indeterminacy in the Odyssey
  • Bibliography
  • Index Locorum
  • General Index.

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