In Her Own Words: The Life and Poetry of Aelia Eudocia - Couverture souple

Sowers, Brian P.

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ISBN 10 : 0674987373 ISBN 13 : 9780674987371

Editeur : Harvard University Press, 2021

Synopsis

In Her Own Words: The Life and Poetry of Aelia Eudocia is the first full-length study to examine Eudocia's writings as a unified whole and to situate them within their wider fifth-century literary, social, and religious contexts. Responsible for over 3,000 lines of extant poetry, Eudocia is one of the best-preserved ancient female poets. Because she wrote in a literary mode frequently suppressed by proto-orthodox (male) leaders, much of her poetry does not survive, and what does survive remains understudied and underappreciated. This book represents a detailed investigation into Eudocia's works: her epigraphic poem in honor of the therapeutic bath at Hammat Gader, her Homeric cento--a poetic paraphrase of the Bible using lines from Homer--and her epic on the fictional magician-turned-Christian, Cyprian of Antioch.

Reading her poetry as a whole and in context, Eudocia emerges as an exceptional author representing three unique late-antique communities: poets interested in preserving and transforming classical literature; Christians whose religious views positioned them outside and against traditional power structures; and women who challenged social, religious, and literary boundaries.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Brian P. Sowers is Assistant Professor of Classics at Brooklyn College, City University of New York.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harvard University Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0674987373
• ISBN 13: 9780674987371
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 232
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