Description: Further DetailsTitle: Women Writers of Ancient Greece and RomeCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackSubtitle: An AnthologyISBN-10: 1904768024EAN: 9781904768029ISBN: 9781904768029Publisher: Equinox Publishing LtdRelease Date: 03/01/2004Description: There is a general perception that almost all writing in antiquity was done by men. However, some important literature written by women during this period has survived, and many other women writers published work that has not been preserved. Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome is a comprehensive anthology of the surviving literary texts of women writers from the Greco-Roman world, offering new translations of the work of over fifty women. From Sappho, who lived in the seventh century BC, through to Eudocia and Egeria in the fifth century AD, the texts come from a wide range of sources: few works have survived intact, and many are known to us only through literary quotations, scraps of papyrus or even graffiti. Women's literature in the ancient world spanned the fields of poetry and prose. There is lyric, epic and Christian poetry, along with prose works in history, medicine, alchemy, oratory and philosophy. In addition to genuine works by women, antiquity witnessed the creation of pseudonymous texts which were attributed to famous people (including some women); examples of these are included in this collection.Each author is introduced with a critical review of what we know about the writer, her work and the significance of her work, along with discussion of the texts which follow. The general introduction looks into the problem of the authenticity of some texts attributed to women and places literature by women into the wider literary and social contexts of the ancient Greco-Roman world.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmContributor: Ian Plant (Edited by)Author: Ian Plant, Ian Michael PlantGenre: Literary CriticismType: Literary Theory & MovementsRelease Year: 2004 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Format: Paperback
Book Title: Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome
Publication Name: Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome
Title: Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome
Subtitle: An Anthology
ISBN-10: 1904768024
EAN: 9781904768029
ISBN: 9781904768029
Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd
Release Date: 03/01/2004
Release Year: 2004
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 234mm
Item Length: 156mm
Contributor: Ian Plant (Edited by)
Author: Ian Michael Plant
Genre: Literary Criticism
Type: Literary Theory & Movements
