Motherhood and the other
Subtitle: fashioning female power in Flavian epic
By: Antony Augoustakis
Series: Oxford studies in classical literature and gender theory
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780199584413
Subjects: Latin Epic poetry; History and criticism; Women in literature; Motherhood in literature
Description: In this pioneering study, Antony Augoustakis reconstructs the role of women in the epic poems of the Flavian period of Latin literature, examining the role of female characters from the perspective of Julia Kristeva's theories on foreign otherness and motherhood.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.