Title: The rapes of Lucretia : a myth and its transformations /
Authors: Donaldson, Ian.
Publisher: Clarendon Press,
Year: 1982
Subjects: Lucretia In literature.; Mythology, Roman, in literature.; Rape in literature.; Rome In literature.
Contents: I. Lucretia. The shaping of the myth: victims and victors -- The questioning of the myth: Augustine's 'dilemma' -- 'A theme for disputation': Shakespeare's Lucrece -- 'Another Lucretia': Clarissa and the dilemmas of rape -- Joking about rape: the myth inverted -- II. Lucius Junius Brutus. The shaping of the myth: rape and revolution -- The questioning of the myth: the judgement of Brutus -- III. An epilogue- and an analogue. Heroism transformed: Lucretia, Brutus, and Cato of Utica.