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Book Description
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 the uses and abuses of female characters in the epic tradition and their complex, sympathetic treatment by male poets."--Choice
- Book Details
- English Books
- Paperback 288 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0801480809
- ISBN-13: 9780801480805
- Publisher: Cornell University Press
- Pub date: Oct 01, 1992
- Dimensions: 23 cm x 15 cm x 2 cm Just how big is that?
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