Fashioning the Feminine in the Greek Novel

By: Katharine Haynes

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Synopsis: The Greek novel occupies a special place in the debate on gender in antiquity, forcing us to ask why the female protagonists are such strong and positive characters. This book rejects the hypothesis of a largely female readership, and also sees a problem in ascribing this pattern to the reflection of a blanket improvement in the status of women. Katharine Haynes shows that the strong heroines are best understood not as an undistorted mirror on an improved social reality, but as a type of 'constructed feminine'.The book offers a wealth of fascinating insights into the kaleidoscopic world of male and female in the Greek novel, which will inform and illuminate the reader whatever the text being studied. The related issues of ethnicity and self-definition also explored will be of interest for all those working on ancient fiction or the culture of the Second Sophistic

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781134505579
Related ISBNs:: 9780203167212, 9780415262095, 9780415262095, 9780415262101, 9780415262101
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 05/14/20
Copyrighted By:: Katharine Haynes
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.