Read Learned Girls and Male Persuasion: Gender and Reading in Roman Love Elegy

Learned Girls and Male Persuasion: Gender and Reading in Roman Love Elegy

Sharon Lynn James

4.9/5 (13270 ratings)

Description:This study transforms our understanding of Roman love elegy, an important and complex corpus of poetry that flourished in the late first century b.c.e. Sharon L. James reads key poems by Propertius, Tibullus, and Ovid for the first time from the perspective of the woman to whom they are addressed--the "docta puella, "or learned girl, the poet's beloved. By interpreting the poetry not, as has always been done, from the stance of the elite male writers--as plaint and confession--but rather from the viewpoint of the women--thus as persuasion and attempted manipulation--James reveals strategies and substance that no one has listened for before.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Learned Girls and Male Persuasion: Gender and Reading in Roman Love Elegy. To get started finding Learned Girls and Male Persuasion: Gender and Reading in Roman Love Elegy, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 0520233816

Description: This study transforms our understanding of Roman love elegy, an important and complex corpus of poetry that flourished in the late first century b.c.e. Sharon L. James reads key poems by Propertius, Tibullus, and Ovid for the first time from the perspective of the woman to whom they are addressed--the "docta puella, "or learned girl, the poet's beloved. By interpreting the poetry not, as has always been done, from the stance of the elite male writers--as plaint and confession--but rather from the viewpoint of the women--thus as persuasion and attempted manipulation--James reveals strategies and substance that no one has listened for before.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Learned Girls and Male Persuasion: Gender and Reading in Roman Love Elegy. To get started finding Learned Girls and Male Persuasion: Gender and Reading in Roman Love Elegy, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Learned Girls and Male Persuasion: Gender and Reading in Roman Love Elegy

Learned Girls and Male Persuasion: Gender and Reading in Roman Love Elegy

More Books

Elizabeth Prentiss: More Love to Thee by Sharon Lynn James (2006-06-06)

Elizabeth Prentiss: More Love to Thee by Sharon Lynn James (2006-06-06)

The Love Archives: Bonus Scenes & Excerpts for Palestine

The Love Archives: Bonus Scenes & Excerpts for Palestine

Feel the Heat: 10 Steamy Romantic Suspense Novels

Feel the Heat: 10 Steamy Romantic Suspense Novels

Stand for Ukraine

Stand for Ukraine

Tales from Big Country: A Western Stories Collection

Tales from Big Country: A Western Stories Collection

Venom and Vampires

Venom and Vampires

One Horn to Rule Them All: A Purple Unicorn Anthology

One Horn to Rule Them All: A Purple Unicorn Anthology

Sharing Our Stories of Survival: Native Women Surviving Violence (Tribal Legal Studies)

Sharing Our Stories of Survival: Native Women Surviving Violence (Tribal Legal Studies)

The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron

The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron