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OverviewThe epic genre has at its heart a fascination with the horror of viewing death. Epic heroes have active visual power, yet become objects, turned into monuments, watched by two main audiences: the gods above and the women on the sidelines. This stimulating, ambitious study investigates the theme of vision in Greek and Latin epic from Homer to Nonnus, bringing the edges of epic into dialogue with celebrated moments (the visual confrontation of Hector and Achilles, the failure of Turnus' gaze), revealing epic as massive assertion of authority and fractured representation. Helen Lovatt demonstrates the complexity of epic constructions of gender: from Apollonius' Medea toppling Talos with her eyes to Parthenopaeus as object of desire. She discusses mortals appropriating the divine gaze, prophets as both penetrative viewers and rape victims, explores the divine authority of epic ecphrasis, and exposes the way that heroic bodies are fragmented and fetishised. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Helen Lovatt (University of Nottingham)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.30cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.750kg ISBN: 9781107016118ISBN 10: 1107016118 Pages: 424 Publication Date: 27 June 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews'... a detailed, thoughtful examination of vision in classical epic ... Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty.' S. E. Goins, Choice Author InformationHelen Lovatt is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Nottingham and her teaching includes epic and its reception. She is the author of Statius and Epic Games (Cambridge University Press, 2005) and co-editor, with Caroline Vout, of Epic Visions (Cambridge University Press, 2013). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |