Re-Reading Sappho: Reception and Transmission: Volume 3 (Classics and Contemporary Thought) - Softcover

Greene, Ellen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520206037 ISBN 13: 9780520206038

Publisher: University of California Press, 1999

Synopsis

Re-Reading Sappho reflects the recent fascination with Sappho's "afterlife." The essays examine the changing interpretations of scholars and writers who have read the fragmentary remains of Sappho's poetry. As the contributors explore the ways that each generation creates its own Sappho, the Sapphic tradition itself becomes an index to changing sensibilities and cultural norms about sexuality, gender roles, and notions of fema le authorship.

A legendary literary figure, Sappho has attracted readers, critics, and biographers ever since she composed poems on the island of Lesbos at the close of the seventh century B.C. Bringing together some of the best recent criticism on the subject, this volume, together with Reading Sappho, represents the first anthology of Sappho scholarship, drawing attention to Sappho's importance as a poet and reflecting the diversity of critical approaches in classical and literary scholarship during the last several decades.

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About the Author

Ellen Greene is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Oklahoma.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520206037
• ISBN 13: 9780520206038
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272