Reading Sappho
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ancient greece
ancient greek poetry
antiquity
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classical poetry
classical studies
cultural studies
cultural tradition
diversity
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feminist theory
gender and sexuality
gender studies
homer and oral tradition
languages and literary context
lesbos
love and desire
lyric poetry
mythic traditions
ode to aphrodite
performance studies
poetry
ritual and social context
sappho
sappho scholarship
sexuality
tenth muse
the poetess
the tithonus poem
western culture
womens erotics
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- ISBN 9780520206014
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 02 Aug 1999
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Reading Sappho considers Sappho's poetry as a powerful, influential voice in the Western cultural tradition. Essays are divided into four sections: "Language and Literary Context," "Homer and Oral Tradition", "Ritual and Social Context", and "Women's Erotics". Contributors focus on literary history, mythic traditions, cultural studies, performance studies, recent work in feminist theory, and more. A legendary literary figure, Sappho has attracted readers, critics, and biographers ever since she composed poems on the island of Lesbos at the close of the seventh century B.C. Bringing together some of the best recent criticism on the subject, this volume, together with Re-Reading Sappho, represents the first anthology of Sappho scholarship, drawing attention to Sappho's importance as a poet and reflecting the diversity of critical approaches in classical and literary scholarship during the last several decades.
Ellen Greene is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Oklahoma.
