An edition of Reading Sappho (1996)

Reading Sappho

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An edition of Reading Sappho (1996)

Reading Sappho

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In this volume, scholarship on Sappho moves beyond a limiting focus on textual reconstruction or analysis of her possible biography to study her as a powerful and influential voice in the Western cultural tradition. Many of the essays presented here mark a turning point in Sappho scholarship, an efflorescence of literary and contextual criticism in which scholars read Sappho's poetry for its literary content and its relation to literary and mythical tradition.

The move to assimilate methodologies from other branches of literary and cultural studies is evident, and feminist scholarship and work on gender theory are represented. The aim of this collection is to draw well-deserved attention to Sappho's importance as a poet and to offer a sense of the lively debate and competing critical positions within Sappho studies.

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Language
English
Pages
303

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Cover of: Reading Sappho
Reading Sappho: Contemporary Approaches (Classics and Contemporary Thought, 2)
August 1999, University of California Press
Paperback in English - 1 edition
Cover of: Reading Sappho
Reading Sappho: Contemporary Approaches (Classics and Contemporary Thought, 2)
January 15, 1998, University of California Press
Hardcover in English - 1 edition
Cover of: Reading Sappho
Reading Sappho: contemporary approaches
1996, University of California Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-286) and index.

Published in
Berkeley
Series
Classics and contemporary thought ;, 2

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
884/.01
Library of Congress
PA4409 .R474 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 303 p. ;
Number of pages
303

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL976578M
ISBN 10
0520201957, 0520206010
LCCN
96013702
Library Thing
5690823
Goodreads
3099266
209830

First Sentence

"At times, Sapphic poetry-most particularly the amatory lyric of Sappho-has been injured by its own extensive success."

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