| Cultivating the Muse: Struggles for Power and Inspiration in Classical Literature Contributor(s): Spentzou, Efrossini (Editor), Fowler, Don (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0199240043 ISBN-13: 9780199240043 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $251.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2002 Annotation: A variety of critical approaches from an international cast of contributors offer an original appreciation of creativity in classical literature. Whereas previous scholarship has portrayed the Muses as religious and benign creatures, the secularized muse figures explored here in a diverse corpus of Greek and Latin poetry are involved in a series of vibrant battles for inspiration. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 880.09 |
| LCCN: 2002283503 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.76" W x 8.78" (1.08 lbs) 324 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A variety of critical approaches from an international cast of contributors offer an original appreciation of creativity in classical literature. Whereas previous scholarship has portrayed the Muses as religious and benign creatures, the secularized muse figures explored here in a diverse corpus of Greek and Latin poetry are involved in a series of vibrant battles for inspiration. |
