Cultivating the Muse

Struggles for Power and Inspiration in Classical Literature

• Author(s): Ευφροσύνη Σπέντζου, Don Fowler,
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Pages: 312
• ISBN_10: 0199240043
  ISBN_13: 9780199240043
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical , Literary Criticism / Poetry ,

Description:... A variety of critical approaches from an international cast of contributors offer an original appreciation of creativity in classical literature. Whereas previous scholarship has portrayed the Muses as religious and benign creatures, the secularized muse figures explored here in a diverse corpus of Greek and Latin poetry are involved in a series of vibrant battles for inspiration.