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Metamorphoses of Helen

Authority, Difference, and the Epic

Mihoko Suzuki author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cornell University Press

Published:2nd Sep '89

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Mihoko Suzuki sheds light on a literary tradition that seemingly holds Helen of Troy and her descendants responsible for causing epic conflicts, while it appropriates the woman's perspective as a source of insight and poetic power.

A superb study of the uses and abuses of female characters in the epic tradition and their complex, sympathetic treatment by male poets.

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ISBN: 9780801422195

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 27mm

Weight: 907g

288 pages