Grafting Helen : the abduction of the classical past / / Matthew Gumpert
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| Autore: |
Gumpert Matthew
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| Titolo: |
Grafting Helen : the abduction of the classical past / / Matthew Gumpert
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| Pubblicazione: | Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c2001 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiv, 338 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 880/.09 |
| Soggetto topico: | Classical literature - History and criticism |
| Civilization, Western - Classical influences | |
| French literature - Classical influences | |
| Trojan War - Literature and the war | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Grafting Helen |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910954924503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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