Helen Lovatt

The Epic Gaze

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Produktbeschreibung

Re-envisions epic from Homer to Nonnus through theories of the gaze.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 426
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 766g
• ISBN-13: 9781107016118
• ISBN-10: 1107016118
• Artikelnr.: 37801287

Autorenporträt

Helen Lovatt is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Nottingham and her teaching includes epic and its reception. She is the author of Statius and Epic Games (Cambridge University Press, 2005) and co-editor, with Caroline Vout, of Epic Visions (Cambridge University Press, 2013).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The divine gaze
3. The mortal gaze
4. The prophetic gaze
5. Ecphrasis and the Other
6. The female gaze
7. Heroic bodies on display
8. The assaultive gaze
9. Fixing it for good. Medusa and monumentality.