| Pope, Homer, and Manliness: Some Aspects of Eighteenth-Century Classical Learning Contributor(s): Williams, Carolyn D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138021288 ISBN-13: 9781138021280 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821.5 |
| Series: Routledge Library Editions: Homer |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.05 lbs) 234 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The author here reassesses the concept of 'masculinity', and argues that it cannot be seen as an absolute standard, but only as the product of perpetual conflict between competing and unstable models. The argument is sustained by a close reading of the problematic conflict between gendered values in eighteenth-century classical learning. Pope's Homer ensured the continuation of the tradition of using the Iliad and Odyssey to teach privileged boys how to become more 'manly'. This book examines this pedagogy in its socio-literary context, and concludes that Pope's Homer emerges as a relic of the struggle to preserve masculine dignity from the encroachments of feminine values in the text. This knowledge of classical and early modern literature has rarely been brought to bear on gender studies. First published in 1993, it remains a valuable contribution to debates concerning the reception of the Classical tradition. |
