Metamorphoses of Helen: Authority, Difference, and the Epic
Book Details
Author(s)Mihoko Suzuki
PublisherCornell University Press
ISBN / ASIN0801480809
ISBN-139780801480805
AvailabilityUsually ships in 3 to 5 weeks
Sales Rank2,516,699
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Mihoko Suzuki sheds light on a literary tradition that seemingly holds Helen of Troy and her descendants responsible for causing epic conflicts, while it appropriates the woman's perspective as a source of insight and poetic power."A superb study of the uses and abuses of female characters in the epic tradition and their complex, sympathetic treatment by male poets."-Choice

