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The Female Homer
Jeremy M. Downes
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Description for The Female Homer
Hardcover. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 644.
The Female Homer opens with simple questions: Are there any women's epic poems? If so, what are the central characteristics of these epics and how do they relate to the traditional vision of epic poetry as male-authored and masculinist, as powerful and patriarchal? The book explores relations among women's epic poems over a great span—from the ancient Sumerian Descent of Inanna to Rita Dove, from the oral epics of the Russian bylinists to contemporary "language" poets. Through brief, accessible chapters, the book opens up the mythic structure of women's epic, developing its relations with feminism and patriarchy, with religion and ... Read more
The Female Homer opens with simple questions: Are there any women's epic poems? If so, what are the central characteristics of these epics and how do they relate to the traditional vision of epic poetry as male-authored and masculinist, as powerful and patriarchal? The book explores relations among women's epic poems over a great span—from the ancient Sumerian Descent of Inanna to Rita Dove, from the oral epics of the Russian bylinists to contemporary "language" poets. Through brief, accessible chapters, the book opens up the mythic structure of women's epic, developing its relations with feminism and patriarchy, with religion and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
Delaware, United States
ISBN
9781611491326
SKU
V9781611491326
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About Jeremy M. Downes
Jeremy M. Downes is associate professor of English at Auburn University.
Reviews for The Female Homer
The index is a thorough and accurate guide to texts and authors mentioned in the text. Downes clearly dedicated a great deal of effort to this book over many years.
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Bryn Mawr Classical Review