Transformations of Circe : The HISTORY of an ENCHANTRESS
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0252063562
ISBN-13
9780252063565
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Imprint
University of Illinois Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 1st, 1994
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
396 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.30 x 2.40 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: general
Ksh 3,800.00
Werezi Extended Catalogue
Delivery in 14 days
1 copies in stock
Delivery Location
Delivery fee: Select location
Delivery in 14 days
Secure
Quality
Fast
A history of the Circe myth.
Beginning with a detailed study of Homer''s balance of negative and positive elements in the Circe-Odysseus myth, Judith Yarnall employs text and illustrations to demonstrate how Homer''s Circe is connected with age-old traditions of goddess worship. She then examines how the image of a one-sided "witch," who first appeared in the commentary of Homer''s allegorical interpreters, proved remarkably persistent, influencing Virgil and Ovid. Yarnall concludes with a discussion of work by Margaret Atwood and Eudora Welty in which the enchantress at last speaks in her own voice: that of a woman isolated by, but unashamed of, her power.
Get Transformations of Circe by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by University of Illinois Press and it has pages.
