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Weaving Truth: Essays on Language and the Female in Greek Thought
Ann Bergren
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Description for Weaving Truth: Essays on Language and the Female in Greek Thought
Paperback. "What if truth were a woman?" asked Nietzsche. In ancient Greek thought, truth in language has a special relation to the female by virtue of her art-form - the one Freud believed was even invented by women - weaving. This book contains essays that explore the implications of this nexus: language, the female, weaving, and the construction of truth. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 250 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 524.
"What if truth were a woman?" asked Nietzsche. In ancient Greek thought, truth in language has a special relation to the female by virtue of her pre-eminent art-form—the one Freud believed was even invented by women—weaving. The essays in this book explore the implications of this nexus: language, the female, weaving, and the construction of truth.
The Homeric bard—male, to be sure—inherits from Indo-European culture the designation of his poetry as a weaving, the female's art. Like her tapestries, his "texts" can suspend, reverse, and re-order time. He can weave the content from one world into ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Series
Hellenic Studies Series
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674023727
SKU
V9780674023727
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About Ann Bergren
Ann Bergren is Professor of Greek Literature, Literary Theory, and Contemporary Architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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