Women and War in Roman Epic: The Language of Classical Literature, cartea 33
Autor Elina Pyyen Limba Engleză Hardback – 11 noi 2020
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9789004434905
ISBN-10: 9004434909
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria The Language of Classical Literature
ISBN-10: 9004434909
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria The Language of Classical Literature
Notă biografică
Elina Pyy, Ph.D. (2014, University of Helsinki) is the vice director of the Finnish Institute in Rome. She has published several articles on gender and identity in Roman literature, as well as the monograph The Semiotics of Caesar Augustus (Bloomsbury, 2018).
Recenzii
''This is a strong book that will be essential reading for scholars and students of Roman epic, particularly the ever-growing coterie of Flavian epic devotees.'' Andrew McClellan, in Rhea Classical Review (02.2022)
Cuprins
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
1Subjects, Abjects and Others: The Narrative Construction of Subject Positions in War Epic
2 Origins of War
1Casus belli: War-Bringing Marriages and Ill-Omened Brides
2Warmongering Furies and Active Agitators
3Divine Interventions and Semiotic furor: Virgil’s Amata and Turnus
3 Victims of War: Gendered Dynamics of Suffering
1The Victimised Female Body and the Construction of Roman Identity
2The Victim’s Viewpoint: Female Gaze and Epic Subjectivity
3Marginal Mothers? The Threatening Overtones of Maternal Fear
4Grief, Lament and the Dissolution of Differences
4 ‘Playing Supermen’: The Manly Matrons of Roman Epic
1Mentem aequare viros et laudis poscere partem: Female Groups in Defense of Their Cities
2Fida coniunx: comes ultima fati?
3Da mihi castra sequi: The Female Intrusion in the World of War
5 Means of Production or Weapons of Destruction? Gender and Violence in Roman War Epic
1Manly Men versus Effeminate Others: Armed Violence in the Construction of Romanitas
2Women in Arms: The Absolute Other?
3Bellatrix virgo: An Outsider or an Insider?
4Fragile Warriors and the Questioning of the Male Subject Position
6 Sabine Successors? The Failure of Female Mediation
1The Futility of mora, the Failure of Mediation: Mixing and Juxtaposing Epic with Historiography
2Functional Failures: Epic Women Tangled Up with War
7 Dynamics of Death
1Death, Power and Narrative Control: Creusa, Dido, and Cleopatra
2Getting Rid of the Queen: The Archetype of regina moritura
8 Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
1 Introduction
1Subjects, Abjects and Others: The Narrative Construction of Subject Positions in War Epic
2 Origins of War
1Casus belli: War-Bringing Marriages and Ill-Omened Brides
2Warmongering Furies and Active Agitators
3Divine Interventions and Semiotic furor: Virgil’s Amata and Turnus
3 Victims of War: Gendered Dynamics of Suffering
1The Victimised Female Body and the Construction of Roman Identity
2The Victim’s Viewpoint: Female Gaze and Epic Subjectivity
3Marginal Mothers? The Threatening Overtones of Maternal Fear
4Grief, Lament and the Dissolution of Differences
4 ‘Playing Supermen’: The Manly Matrons of Roman Epic
1Mentem aequare viros et laudis poscere partem: Female Groups in Defense of Their Cities
2Fida coniunx: comes ultima fati?
3Da mihi castra sequi: The Female Intrusion in the World of War
5 Means of Production or Weapons of Destruction? Gender and Violence in Roman War Epic
1Manly Men versus Effeminate Others: Armed Violence in the Construction of Romanitas
2Women in Arms: The Absolute Other?
3Bellatrix virgo: An Outsider or an Insider?
4Fragile Warriors and the Questioning of the Male Subject Position
6 Sabine Successors? The Failure of Female Mediation
1The Futility of mora, the Failure of Mediation: Mixing and Juxtaposing Epic with Historiography
2Functional Failures: Epic Women Tangled Up with War
7 Dynamics of Death
1Death, Power and Narrative Control: Creusa, Dido, and Cleopatra
2Getting Rid of the Queen: The Archetype of regina moritura
8 Conclusion
Bibliography
Index