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Beschreibung
Beginning with a detailed study of Homer's balance of negative and positive elements in the Circe-Odysseus myth, Judith Yarnall employs text and illustrations to demonstrate how Homer's Circe is connected with age-old traditions of goddess worship. She then examines how the image of a one-sided "witch," who first appeared in the commentary of Homer's allegorical interpreters, proved remarkably persistent, influencing Virgil and Ovid. Yarnall concludes with a discussion of work by Margaret Atwood and Eudora Welty in which the enchantress at last speaks in her own voice: that of a woman isolated by, but unashamed of, her power.
Beginning with a detailed study of Homer's balance of negative and positive elements in the Circe-Odysseus myth, Judith Yarnall employs text and illustrations to demonstrate how Homer's Circe is connected with age-old traditions of goddess worship. She then examines how the image of a one-sided "witch," who first appeared in the commentary of Homer's allegorical interpreters, proved remarkably persistent, influencing Virgil and Ovid. Yarnall concludes with a discussion of work by Margaret Atwood and Eudora Welty in which the enchantress at last speaks in her own voice: that of a woman isolated by, but unashamed of, her power.
Über den Autor
Judith Yarnall
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1994
Genre: Importe
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780252063565
ISBN-10: 0252063562
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Yarnall, Judith
Hersteller: University of Illinois Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 228 x 152 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Judith Yarnall
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.02.1994
Gewicht: 0,15 kg
Artikel-ID: 114960474

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