Writing herstory through ancient Greek letters : representations of women in fictional epistolography /

"Offering the first comprehensive feminist analysis of ancient Greek fictional letters, this book focuses on the centuries between the Roman Imperial period and late antiquity. Through an exploration of modern French and Anglo-American feminist theory, Pontoropoulos creates an analytical framew...

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Main Author:	Pontoropoulos, Antonios (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.
Subjects:	Greek letters > History and criticism. Letter writing, Greek > History. Imaginary letters > History and criticism. Women in literature. Feminist theory. Lettres fictives > Histoire et critique. Femmes dans la littérature. Théorie féministe. Alciphron Aristaenetus Epistolary fiction, Greek Women in literature Literary criticism. Critiques littéraires.

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Summary:	"Offering the first comprehensive feminist analysis of ancient Greek fictional letters, this book focuses on the centuries between the Roman Imperial period and late antiquity. Through an exploration of modern French and Anglo-American feminist theory, Pontoropoulos creates an analytical framework using the scholarship of Hèléne Cixous and Alice Jardine. On the ancient side, the literary representations of women in the letter collections of Aelian, Alciphron and Aristaenetus form the main corpus of study"-- Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:	xii, 230 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781350401754 1350401757 9781350401792 135040179X