Regarding Penelope: From Character to Poetics
This text first considers the character of Penelope from the Odyssey as the object of male gazes and as a subject acting from her own desire, and then it develops the notion of “possible
“This book explores Homer’s construction of the character of Penelope,…
This text first considers the character of Penelope from the Odyssey as the object of male gazes and as a subject acting from her own desire, and then it develops the notion of “possible
“This book explores Homer’s construction of the character of Penelope, and his more general theory of poetic production and reception. A stimulating study by an author who has made valuable and forceful contributions to our understanding of early Greek literature, this book offers a rich and innovative synthesis of narratological and pyschological perspectives on the text of the Odyssey” -L. M. Slatkin, University of Chicago.
This is a revised and updated edition of a book originally published in 1994 by Princeton University Press.
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Copyright, Nancy Felson. This book is made available here by permission of the author.