LEADER 03019nam 22006012 450 001 9910779991903321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-139-89069-7 010 $a1-107-27182-7 010 $a1-139-06008-2 010 $a1-107-27514-8 010 $a1-107-27391-9 010 $a1-107-27840-6 010 $a1-107-27717-5 035 $a(CKB)2550000001105928 035 $a(EBL)1303635 035 $a(OCoLC)852697862 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000917978 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12461366 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000917978 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10893331 035 $a(PQKB)11777703 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139060080 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1303635 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1303635 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10729865 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL506179 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001105928 100 $a20110405d2013|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe epic gaze $evision, gender and narrative in ancient epic /$fHelen Lovatt$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 414 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-01611-8 311 $a1-299-74928-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe divine gaze -- The mortal gaze -- The prophetic gaze -- Ecphrasis and the other -- The female gaze -- Heroic bodies on display -- The assaultive gaze -- Fixing it for good : Medusa and monumentality. 330 $aThe epic genre has at its heart a fascination with the horror of viewing death. Epic heroes have active visual power, yet become objects, turned into monuments, watched by two main audiences: the gods above and the women on the sidelines. This stimulating, ambitious study investigates the theme of vision in Greek and Latin epic from Homer to Nonnus, bringing the edges of epic into dialogue with celebrated moments (the visual confrontation of Hector and Achilles, the failure of Turnus' gaze), revealing epic as massive assertion of authority and fractured representation. Helen Lovatt demonstrates the complexity of epic constructions of gender: from Apollonius' Medea toppling Talos with her eyes to Parthenopaeus as object of desire. She discusses mortals appropriating the divine gaze, prophets as both penetrative viewers and rape victims, explores the divine authority of epic ecphrasis, and exposes the way that heroic bodies are fragmented and fetishised. 606 $aEpic poetry, Greek$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aEpic poetry, Greek$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a881.009 700 $aLovatt$b Helen$f1974-$0479365 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779991903321 996 $aThe epic gaze$93861291 997 $aUNINA