Drawing on current literary, cultural, and historical approaches, Joan Burton presents sophisticated new readings of Theocritus's urban mimes, which are among the most frequently cited evidence of Hellenistic cultural life, religion, magic, and aesthetics. Unlike Theocritus's bucolic poems, which focus on the male experience, all of his urban mimes represent women in more central and powerful roles, reflecting the growing visibility of Greek women at the time. A work of both innovation and wide-ranging scholarship, this book will be welcomed not only by students of the Hellenistic age but also by readers interested in issues of gender, sexuality, and culture in the ancient world.
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"Presents some of the most frequently used literary evidence for Hellenistic life, yet demonstrates methodologies not previously applied so systematically or so well."--Frederick Griffiths, author of Theocritus at Court
"Burton shows that many of the concerns of the 1990s--multiculturalism, gender relations, social and ethnic mobility--also lay at the heart of Theocritus's urban poetry."--Kathryn Gutzwiller, author of Theocritus's Pastoral Analogies
"This is an attractive, stimulating, thoughtful, and lucid work with much contemporary resonance. Even those who disagree with Burton's view of Theocritus will read her, recommend her to others, and assign her to students. This is an exciting piece of interpretive writing and will command a wide readership."--John Lynch, University of California, Santa Cruz
"Burton shows that many of the concerns of the 1990s--multiculturalism, gender relations, social and ethnic mobility--also lay at the heart of Theocritus's urban poetry."--Kathryn Gutzwiller, author of Theocritus's Pastoral Analogies
"This is an attractive, stimulating, thoughtful, and lucid work with much contemporary resonance. Even those who disagree with Burton's view of Theocritus will read her, recommend her to others, and assign her to students. This is an exciting piece of interpretive writing and will command a wide readership."--John Lynch, University of California, Santa Cruz
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"Presents some of the most frequently used literary evidence for Hellenistic life, yet demonstrates methodologies not previously applied so systematically or so well." (Frederick Griffiths, author of Theocritus at Court)
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