Metamorphoses of Helen : authority, difference, and the epic

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Mihoko Suzuki sheds light on a literary tradition that seemingly holds Helen of Troy and her descendants responsible for causing epic conflicts, while it appropriates the woman's perspective as a source of insight and poetic power.

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Main Author: Suzuki, Mihoko, 1953-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1989.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Knowledge > Mythology.
Spenser, Edmund, > 1552?-1599 > Knowledge > Mythology.
Virgil > Knowledge > Mythology.
Homer > Knowledge > Mythology.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Connaissances > Folklore, mythologie.
Spenser, Edmund, > 1552?-1599 > Connaissances > Folklore, mythologie.
Virgile > Et la mythologie.
Homere > Connaissances > Folklore, mythologie.
Homère > Connaissances > Folklore, mythologie.
Helen, > of Troy, Queen of Sparta
Homer
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Spenser, Edmund, > 1552?-1599
Virgil
Virgile, > (0070-0019 av. J.-C.) > Savoir et érudition > Folklore, mythologie.
Spenser, Edmund, > (1552?-1599) > Savoir et érudition > Folklore, mythologie.
Shakespeare, William, > (1564-1616) > Savoir et érudition > Folklore, mythologie.
Homère, > (08.?-08.? av. J.-C.) > Savoir et érudition > Folklore, mythologie.
1500-1700
Classical literature > History and criticism.
Helen of Troy (Greek mythology) in literature.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Comparative literature > Classical and English.
Comparative literature > English and classical.
Epic literature > History and criticism.
Trojan War > Literature and the war.
Authority in literature.
HISTORY > Ancient > Greece.
Authority in literature
Classical literature
Comparative literature > Classical and English
Comparative literature > English and classical
English literature > Early modern
Epic literature
Literature
Mythology
Epen.
Klassieke talen.
Engels.
Vrouwen.
Helena.
Littérature comparée > Anglaise et classique.
Littérature comparée > Classique et anglaise.
Littérature antique > Histoire et critique.
Guerre de Troie > Dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise > 16e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique.
European epic literatures > Characters: Women - Critical studies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction ; 1. The Iliad ; 2. The Odyssey ; 3. Virgil's Aeneid ; 4. Spenser's Faerie Queene ; 5. Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida ; Epilogue: Antony and Cleopatra.

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