Women of substance in Homeric epic : objects, gender, agency /

Women in Greek epic are treated as objects, as commodities to be exchanged in marriage or as the spoils of warfare. However, women also use objects to negotiate their own agency, subverting the male viewpoint by using the very form they themselves are thought by men to embody. Female objects in Home...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Canevaro, Lilah Grace (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Homer > Criticism and interpretation. Homer Greek poetry > History and criticism. Women in literature. Poésie grecque > Histoire et critique. Femmes dans la littérature. LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical. Greek poetry Women in literature Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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