02259nam 2200493 a 450 991095492450332120251116233228.0(CKB)2560000000101763(MiAaPQ)EBC3445337(Au-PeEL)EBL3445337(CaPaEBR)ebr10700293(OCoLC)927484455(EXLCZ)99256000000010176320150303d2001 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGrafting Helen the abduction of the classical past /Matthew Gumpert1st ed.Madison, Wis. University of Wisconsin Pressc20011 online resource (xiv, 338 p.)0-299-17124-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Part 1: Helen in Greece -- 1. Mimesis -- 2. Anamnesis -- 3. Supplement -- 4. Speculation -- 5. Epideixis -- 6. Deixis -- Part 2: Helen in France -- 7. Idolatry -- 8. Translation -- 9. Genealogy -- 10. Cosmetics -- 11. Miscegenation -- 12. Prostitution -- Prosthesis: Helen in (Modern) Greece -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.History is a love story: a tale of desire and jealousy, abandonment and fidelity, abduction and theft, rupture and reconciliation.This contention is central to Grafting Helen, Matthew Gumpert's original and dazzling meditation on Helen of Troy as a crucial anchor for much of Western thought and literature.Classical literatureHistory and criticismCivilization, WesternClassical influencesFrench literatureClassical influencesTrojan WarLiterature and the warClassical literatureHistory and criticism.Civilization, WesternClassical influences.French literatureClassical influences.Trojan WarLiterature and the war.880/.09Gumpert Matthew1857942MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910954924503321Grafting Helen4459104UNINA