Narrating desire
Subtitle: eros, sex, and gender in the ancient novel
By: edited by Marília P. Futre Pinheiro, Marilyn B. Skinner and Froma I. Zeitlin
Series: Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes -- Band 14; Trends in classics -- Bd. 14.
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9783110281828
Subjects: Greek fiction; Sex in literature; Latin fiction; History and criticism
Description: Despite the recent explosion of scholarly interest in the field of ancient sexuality, inquiry into major shifts in erotic consciousness is still in a preliminary stage. The essays in this collection, which focus upon the representation of the desiring subject in prose fiction, advance our understanding considerably as they probe the ambiguities surrounding the ostensible opposition of male and female in such texts. The volume will provide a needed point of departure for subsequent research into modifications to gender frameworks at a time of social transition.