Fashioning the Feminine in the Greek Novel
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achilles
Achilles Tatius
Active Female Sexuality
Active Heroism
Adulterous Wife
Ancient Greek Novels
ancient narrative analysis
Athenian Drama
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classical
classical gender studies
constructed femininity theory
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ethnicity and identity classics
female
female agency in ancient fiction
Female Antagonists
Free Woman
gender representation antiquity
Greek Novels
Hellenistic Epic
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Klein Sees
Latin Love Elegy
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Minor Female Characters
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Novelistic Heroines
Second Sophistic literature
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Young Man
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- ISBN 9780415262101
- Weight: 410g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 14 Nov 2002
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Greek novel occupies a special place in the debate on gender in antiquity, forcing us to ask why the female protagonists are such strong and positive characters. This book rejects the hypothesis of a largely female readership, and also sees a problem in ascribing this pattern to the reflection of a blanket improvement in the status of women. Katharine Haynes shows that the strong heroines are best understood not as an undistorted mirror on an improved social reality, but as a type of 'constructed feminine'.
The book offers a wealth of fascinating insights into the kaleidoscopic world of male and female in the Greek novel, which will inform and illuminate the reader whatever the text being studied. The related issues of ethnicity and self-definition also explored will be of interest for all those working on ancient fiction or the culture of the Second Sophistic
