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Essays that aim to draw attention to Sappho's importance as a poet and to offer a sense of the lively debate and competiting critical positions within Sappho studies. Contents include: Sappho's amatory language ( Giuliana Lanata ); Eros and incantation: Sappho and oral poetry ( Charles Segal ); Sappho and Helen ( Page duBois ); Sappho and social context ( Judith Hallett ); Sappho's gaze: fantasies of a goddess and young man ( Eva Stehle ); Apostrophe and women's erotics in the poetry of Sappho ( Ellen Greene ).
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About the Author
Ellen Greene is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Oklahoma.
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"Reflects some of the currents in classics scholarship as well as gender theory, locating Sappho at the intersection of varieties of critical thought in the late 20th century." -- R. Nadelhaft, Choice
"[Reading Sappho and Re-Reading Sappho are] the first anthologies of scholarship on Sappho. . . . They constitute an essential advance in Sappho scholarship, engage provocatively with critical debates about gender, contextualization and reception, and confirm the excellence of the series Classics and Contemporary Thought." -- Helen Morales, Times Literary Supplement
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- PublisherUniversity of California Press
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0520201957
- ISBN 13 9780520201958
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages303
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