The Ovidian Heroine as Author

Reading, Writing, and Community in the Heroides

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

AvLaurel Fulkerson

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Ovid's Heroides, a catalogue of letters by women who have been deserted, has too frequently been examined as merely a lament. In a new departure, this book portrays the women of the Heroides as a community of authors. Combining close readings of the texts and their mythological backgrounds with critical methods, the book argues that the points of similarity between the different letters of the Heroides, so often derided by modern critics, represent a brilliant exploitation of intratextuality, in which the Ovidian heroine self-consciously fashions herself as an alluding author influenced by what she has read within the Heroides. Far from being naive and impotent victims, therefore, the heroines are remarkably astute, if not always successful, at adapting textual strategies that they perceive as useful for attaining their own ends. With this new approach Professor Fulkerson shows that the Heroides articulate a fictional poetic, mirroring contemporary practices of poetic composition.

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Utgivningsdatum2005-07-14
Mått160 x 237 x 21 mm
Vikt470 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor200
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9780521846721

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Introduction; 1. Reading dangerously: Phyllis, Dido, Ariadne, and Medea; 2. Reading the future: Hypsipyle, Medea, and Oenone; 3. Benefits of communal writing: Canace and Hypermestra; 4. A feminine reading of epic: Briseis and Hermione; 5. Reading magically: Deianira and Laodamia; 6. Reading like a virgin: Phaedra and Ariadne; 7. Caveat lector: thoughts on gender and power; Appendix A. The authenticity (and 'authenticity') of Heroides 15; Bibliography; Index; Index Locorum.

Review of the hardback: ' ... of interest to classicists and medievalists, as well as scholars with interests in gender studies. The strengths of this book are numerous: the argument is clearly stated and each chapter is tightly organized. Fulkerton's writing is lucid and vivd ... a wonderful organizational structure for encouraging students to draw connections between the various letters. ' Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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