Transgressive Heroism: Gender, Genre, and Ovid in Valerius Flaccus' >Argonautica

Contributor(s): Marks, Raymond David (Author)

ISBN: 9783111562544

Publisher: de Gruyter

Hardcover

$120.99

Pub Date: October 7, 2024

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.81" H x 9.21" L x 6.14" W ( 1.41 lbs) 298 pages

BISAC Categories:

Literary Criticism | Ancient and Classical

Series: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: In his Argonautica, Valerius Flaccus challenges the masculine, heroic ethos of Roman epic by turning Medea, Jason's love interest in the story, into a heroic figure and Jason himself into her emasculated victim. The present study charts this innov

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