Metamorphoses of Helen

Authority, Difference, and the Epic

• Author(s): Mihoko Suzuki,
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Pages: 271
• ISBN_13: 9780801480805
  ISBN_10: 0801480809
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Drama / Shakespeare , History / Ancient / Greece , Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical , Literary Criticism / Poetry , Literary Criticism / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology , Social Science / Folklore & Mythology ,

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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...