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~ Ellen Greene (Editor) "At times, Sapphic poetry-most particularly the amatory lyric of Sappho-has been injured by its own extensive success..." (more)
Key Phrases: linguaggio amoroso, monodic poetry, monodic songs, Three Archaic Poets, Emily Dickinson, Sappho's Private World (more...)
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"Reflects some of the currents in classics scholarship as well as gender theory, locating Sappho at the intersection of varieties of critical thought in the late 20th century." -- R. Nadelhaft, Choice

"[Reading Sappho and Re-Reading Sappho are] the first anthologies of scholarship on Sappho. . . . They constitute an essential advance in Sappho scholarship, engage provocatively with critical debates about gender, contextualization and reception, and confirm the excellence of the series Classics and Contemporary Thought." -- Helen Morales, Times Literary Supplement --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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Reading Sappho considers Sappho's poetry as a powerful, influential voice in the Western cultural tradition. Essays are divided into four sections: "Language and Literary Context," "Homer and Oral Tradition", "Ritual and Social Context", and "Women's Erotics". Contributors focus on literary history, mythic traditions, cultural studies, performance studies, recent work in feminist theory, and more.
A legendary literary figure, Sappho has attracted readers, critics, and biographers ever since she composed poems on the island of Lesbos at the close of the seventh century B.C. Bringing together some of the best recent criticism on the subject, this volume, together with Re-Reading Sappho, represents the first anthology of Sappho scholarship, drawing attention to Sappho's importance as a poet and reflecting the diversity of critical approaches in classical and literary scholarship during the last several decades.

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