The Woman and the Lyre

Women Writers in Classical Greece and Rome

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Women Authors, Ancient & Classical
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Author: Jane McIntosh Snyder ISBN: 9780809381739
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press Publication: February 1, 1989
Imprint: Southern Illinois University Press Language: English
Author: Jane McIntosh Snyder
ISBN: 9780809381739
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Publication: February 1, 1989
Imprint: Southern Illinois University Press
Language: English

Beginning with Sappho in the seventh century B.C.E and ending with Egeria in the fifth century C.E., Snyder profiles ancient Greek and Roman women writers, including lyric and elegiac poets and philosophers and other prose writers. The writers are allowed to speak for themselves, with as much translation from their extant works provided in text as possible. In addition to giving readers biographical and cultural context for the writers and their works, Snyder refutes arguments representing prejudicial attitudes about women’s writing found in the scholarly literature. Covering writers from a wide historical span, this volume provides an engaging and informative introduction to the origins of the tradition of women’s writing in the West.

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Beginning with Sappho in the seventh century B.C.E and ending with Egeria in the fifth century C.E., Snyder profiles ancient Greek and Roman women writers, including lyric and elegiac poets and philosophers and other prose writers. The writers are allowed to speak for themselves, with as much translation from their extant works provided in text as possible. In addition to giving readers biographical and cultural context for the writers and their works, Snyder refutes arguments representing prejudicial attitudes about women’s writing found in the scholarly literature. Covering writers from a wide historical span, this volume provides an engaging and informative introduction to the origins of the tradition of women’s writing in the West.

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