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Mythological Narratives : The Bold and Faithful Heroines of the Greek Novel / Anna Lefteratou.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: MythosEikonPoiesis ; 8Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2017]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (X, 360 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110527322
  • 9783110527513
  • 9783110528695
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 292.08082 23
LOC classification:
  • PA3015.W65 L44 2018
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- The bold and virginal: Iphigenia -- The bold and unfaithful: Phaedra -- The bold and the faithful: Penelope and Helen -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index locorum notabiliorum -- Index rerum/nominum notabiliorum
Summary: This book is about the bold, beautiful, and faithful heroines of the Greek novels and their mythical models, such as Iphigenia, Phaedra, Penelope, and Helen. The novels manipulate readerly expectations through a complex web of mythical variants and constantly negotiate their adventure and erotic plot with that of traditional myths becoming, thus, part of the imperial mythical revision to which they add the prospect of a happy ending.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9783110528695

Frontmatter -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- The bold and virginal: Iphigenia -- The bold and unfaithful: Phaedra -- The bold and the faithful: Penelope and Helen -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index locorum notabiliorum -- Index rerum/nominum notabiliorum

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This book is about the bold, beautiful, and faithful heroines of the Greek novels and their mythical models, such as Iphigenia, Phaedra, Penelope, and Helen. The novels manipulate readerly expectations through a complex web of mythical variants and constantly negotiate their adventure and erotic plot with that of traditional myths becoming, thus, part of the imperial mythical revision to which they add the prospect of a happy ending.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Feb 2023)