02976nam 2200577I 450 991072598410332120221213125801.09781643150406164315040510.3998/mpub.12668327(CKB)5680000000301988(MiU)10.3998/mpub.12668327(OCoLC)1372561713(MdBmJHUP)musev2_112349(ScCtBLL)fcf075c6-c454-4ac8-b3ce-ef6e4c96a41a(ODN)ODN0010989364(EXLCZ)99568000000030198820221213h20222022 uy 0engurunu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLike a captive bird gender and virtue in Plutarch /Lunette WarrenAmherst, Massachusetts :Lever Press,[2022]©20221 online resource (vii, 365 pages)Title from eBook information screen..9781643150390 1643150391 Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-365).Like a Captive Bird examines the use of psychagogy, a set of therapeutic principles for achieving virtue, in Plutarch's work. Warren argues that Plutarch's work makes use of moral-educational literature to inculcate a gendered sense of self in the reader, and that this self is fundamentally concerned with the sex of the body, its reproductive role, and the conjugal relationship. Psychagogy is therefore a process of self-formation which aims to regulate and distribute power in gendered interactions on the basis of virtue. On this view, virtue is not just a disposition of the soul, it is also a set of rules and regulations for how one should act and interact with others, and this ties it inextricably to gender. Plutarch furthers this view in his theoretical-philosophical work, where he moves beyond the gender binary to a psychic scale of gender expression which figures normative gender as virtuous and non-normative gender as vicious. He then examines the implications of these views in the biographies. Warren therefore holds that Plutarch's views on women and gender across all genres are ideologically coherent, even if written at different stages of his life.Sex in literatureGender identity in literatureMoral exhortationIn literatureHistory and criticismVirtue in literatureSex in literature.Gender identity in literature.Moral exhortationIn literatureHistory and criticism.Virtue in literature.888/.0108184LIT000000LIT004190LIT025050bisacshWarren Lunette1359862Lever Press,EYMEYMBOOK9910725984103321Like a captive bird3375239UNINA