Reading the Ovidian heroine : Metamorphoses commentaries, 1100-1618 /

This study investigates the reception of Ovid's heroines in Metamorphoses commentaries written between 1100 and 1618. The Ovidian heroine offers a telling window onto medieval and early modern clerical constructions of gender and selfhood. In the context of classical representations of the femi...

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Main Author: McKinley, Kathryn L.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 220.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

Subjects:

Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. > Metamorphoses.

Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. > Criticism and interpretation > History.

Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. > Characters > Heroines.

Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. > Characters > Women.