9780415126717 - Sappho's Sweetbitter Songs: Configurations of Female and Male in Ancient Greek Lyric von Hatherly Wilson, Lyn Hatherly (14 Ergebnisse)

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Softcover. Zustand: Good+. Creasing to front cover. Pencil notes and underlining. Spine sunned.; 5.5 X 0.55 X 8.5 inches; 244 pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Used-Very Good. 1st Edition. Pap. Slight shelf-wear, else a bright, clean copy.

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Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:9780415126717.

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. first edition book.

244 p. Very good condition. Reading pages are very clean and without marks. Slight traces of storage. Otherwise very good exemplar. 9780415126717 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 227 Softcover, Größe: 14 x 1.4 x 21.6 cm.

Original brochure. Zustand: Gut. 232 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - In very good condition. - Content: Cedric Whitman observed, in the preface to his Sophocles: A Study of Heroic Humanism (Cambridge, Mass., 1951), that "The best excuse for a new book about Sophocles is the number and diversity of those already existing." Since that time, the number and diversity of works on Sophocles have increased dramatically, an increase that lays additional burdens on any author intrepid enough (or foolish enoughI do not wish to suggest that the adjectives are mutually exclusive) to add to the bibliographical surfeit. Put simply, those added burdens are to say something new, or at least useful, and to say it in an interesting manner. I have tried to do both: readers will decide for themselves whether I have succeeded. As to the new or useful, I have tried throughout to emphasize the importance of Oedipus' heroism, and Sophocles' dramatic treatment of that heroism, as the driving action of the Oedipus at Colonus. In my view, Oedipus never "becomes" a hero in this play. Rather, he never ceased to be a hero, even during his darkest moments at Thebes, even during the long years of exile. He arrives at Athens a hero, not (pace Burian) a suppliant, and demands that Athens, Theseus, Creon, and Polyneices treat him accordingly. In so doing, Sophocles engages his compatriots in a dialogue on the nature of heroism and reminds them of the polis' need to create a space for heroes. An Athenian populace that found its beloved city slowly disintegrating under the stresses of the Peloponnesian War could not have missed the point. As to the interesting, one of the anonymous readers of the manuscript version of this book took exception to my references to Doones-bury, to Robertson Davies, to other contemporary authors or events, and to judgments about matters within the play, and about the story of Oedipus itself, that derived ultimately from my own personal experiences and observations. I take this opportunity to offer a brief apologia. A1995 issue of Lingua Franca (vol. 5, no. 6) included an article entitled "Can Classics Die?" The question should, and probably does, scare every working classicist on the continent. The author, David Dam-rosch, offered less hope than one might like, although a number of the field's luminaries provided more optimistic analyses of the field's current crises and its potential resilience. I weigh in with my own opinion. Classics will not die. Homer, Sophocles, Vergil, and the rest are far tougher and more durable than the most virulent, number-crunching, classicidal sub-assistant-vice-provost for institutional research can imagine. Classics will not die. But classicists have done less than they should to help themselves and their discipline. Literary criticism in classics, as now practiced in this country, suffers from two huge liabilities. First, it is seldom accessible to people outside of the field, and second, it is seldom very interesting. Theory-driven, jargon-riddled discourse avails little to narrow the gap between literature and the literate. (The unacknowledged weakness of the current "cutting edge" in criticism is the depressing ease with which it can be joined.) We need to find learned audiences from all fields and engage them, rather than attempt to prove how well we have mastered the latest isms. Toward that end, I have written what I hope to be a learned, intelligent work on the Oedipus at Colomis that will prove both accessible and interesting to classicists, nonclassicists, and even learned laypersons. (The latter group of people exists, and many among them are eager for criticism they can read, about authors and works they have read. Classicists should be prepared to enter that arena; why should Harold Bloom and Civil War historians have all the fun?) If some of my references are a bit off the wall, so much the better. Of one thing I am certain: the Athenian audience brought with them to Sophocles' tragedies everything they knew and everything they were. The American critic of the late twentieth century should do no less. The body of secondary scholarship on this play is vast, and it would not be possible to cite every scholar on every point of agreement or contention. I have confined my notes to areas of significant disagreement and to matters on which other scholars have made singularly salient observations. Disagreement should of course never be confused with disrespect. All translations are my own, with one exception (duly cited in the notes). I have a number of debts of gratitude to acknowledge, and I do so here with the greatest pleasure. First and foremost, I would like to thank the Research Committee of the University of Scranton, especially its past chairman, Thomas Hogan, and the provost, Richard Passon, for their generous support of my work. The chairman of my department, Bob Parsons, and two colleagues, Len Champney and Len Gougeon, were kind enough to read my initial proposals and made valuable suggestions. Dr. Parsons deserves special thanks, both for introducing me to the joys of word processing and for never mentioning the wear and tear I have caused to the department's laser printer and copier. Joyce Knott provided much valuable clerical assistance. I am grateful to my many colleagues (they know who they are) with whom I have long been in competition, in Hesiod's best type of strife. They have made me better, largely because they are so much better than I am. I want to thank Roger Hornsby, Richard Krill, and my great friend and E-mail correspondent, Joe Hughes, for long friendship and support. I want to thank Mary Ann, who, for reasons fathomable only to her, continues to put up with me. To the dedicatees of this book I can only acknowledge, never repay, my debts. I also wish to express my deepest gratitude to the University of Michigan Press, to the classics editor, Ellen Bauerle,

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 240 pages. 8.75x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. The woman-made work described in Sappho's songs have been discussed and analysed for centuries. In this volume, late 20th-century theories of feminism, psychoanalysis and literary criticism are applied to Sappho's lyrics. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340. . 1996. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.