Ovid's Tragic Heroines : : Gender Abjection and Generic Code-switching /

Ovid's Tragic Heroines : : Gender Abjection and Generic Code-switching / / Jessica A. Westerhold.

Ovid's Tragic Heroines expands our understanding of Ovid's incorporation of Greek generic codes and the tragic heroines, Phaedra and Medea, while offering a new perspective on the Roman poet's persistent interest in these two characters and their paradigms. Ovid presents these two Att...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
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Westerhold, Jessica A.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • OVID’S TRAGIC HEROINES
  • Introduction: Ovid’ s Tragic Performances
  • 1. Signs of Abject Desire in Ars Amatoria
  • 2. Rescripting Phaedra for an Elegiac Role
  • 3. Medean Disruptions in Epic and Elegy
  • Conclusion: Ovid’s Abject Exile
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index of Ancient Sources
  • General Index

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