The Early Amazons offers a new understanding of the ancient Amazon myth, situating mythical representations in the realm of cultural history.
The first section examines how the Amazons have presented a challenge to views on history, myth and gender in classical mythology from the late eighteenth century up to the impact of structuralism. Topics included are nineteenth-century historiography and the interest in linguistics.
The second section sheds new light on the culture of archaic Greece, offering a coherent assessment of literary and visual representations. Taking mythical narrative as a form of oral storytelling, it shows the emergence of the Amazon motif and its meaning in the world of epic. Iconographical analysis reveals how the visual arts have made a contribution of their own to the imaginary presence of the Amazons.
The first section examines how the Amazons have presented a challenge to views on history, myth and gender in classical mythology from the late eighteenth century up to the impact of structuralism. Topics included are nineteenth-century historiography and the interest in linguistics.
The second section sheds new light on the culture of archaic Greece, offering a coherent assessment of literary and visual representations. Taking mythical narrative as a form of oral storytelling, it shows the emergence of the Amazon motif and its meaning in the world of epic. Iconographical analysis reveals how the visual arts have made a contribution of their own to the imaginary presence of the Amazons.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9789004100770
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-90-04-10077-0
- Verlag: Brill
- Erscheinungstermin: 01.12.1994
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 1994
- Serie: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World
- Produktform: Gebunden
- Gewicht: 1049 g
- Seiten: 494
- Format (B x H x T): 166 x 246 x 37 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt