The Transvestite Achilles : Gender and Genre in Statius' Achilleid
by
P. J. Heslin
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0521851459
ISBN-13
9780521851459
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 11th, 2005
Print length
370 Pages
Weight
648 grams
Dimensions
23.70 x 16.20 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
OperaGender studies, gender groups
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Statius' unfinished epic, the Achilleid, explores Achilles' mother's attempt to save her son from the Trojan War by dressing him as a girl. This first book-length study of the poem offers a detailed interpretation and explores questions of the poem's reception and of gender in antiquity.
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