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.

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

Metamorphoses (Ovid)

Fables, Latin > History and criticism.

Fables, Latin.

Heroines in literature.

Metamorphosis in literature.

Mythology, Classical, in literature.

Women and literature.

Women in literature.

Rome (Empire)

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

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Call Number: PA6519.M9 M38 2001

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Table of Contents:

Preliminary Material /
Kathryn L. Mckinley
THE OVIDIAN HEROINE IN CONTEXT: CLASSICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF FEMININE DISCOURSE /
Kathryn L. Mckinley
OVID'S HEROINES AND FEMININE DISCOURSE: METAMORPHOSES 7 AND 10 /
Kathryn L. Mckinley
REPRESENTATIONS OF THE FEMININE IN MEDIEVAL COMMENTARIES ON METAMORPHOSES 7 AND 10 (1100-1328) /
Kathryn L. Mckinley
LATE MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN READINGS OF THE FEMININE IN METAMORPHOSES 7 AND lO /
Kathryn L. Mckinley
CONCLUSION /
Kathryn L. Mckinley
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY /
Kathryn L. Mckinley
INDEX /
Kathryn L. Mckinley.

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

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