UID:
almafu_9960808316102883
Format:
1 online resource (395 pages).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4875-3875-8
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1-4875-3203-2
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1-4875-3202-4
Series Statement:
Phoenix ; 57 : Studies in gender 2
Content:
"Unlike many studies of the family in the ancient world, this volume presents readings of mothers in classical literature, including philosophical and epigraphic writing as well as poetic texts. Rather than relying on a male viewpoint, the essays offer a female perspective on the lifecycle of motherhood. Although almost all ancient authors are men, this book nevertheless aims to unpack carefully the role of the mother--not as projected by the son or other male relations, but from a woman's own experiences--in order to better understand how they perceived themselves and their families. Because the primary interest is in the mothers themselves, rather than the authors of the texts in which they appear, the work is organized according to the lifecycle of motherhood instead of the traditional structure of the chronology of male authors. The chronology of the male authors ranges from classical Greece to late antiquity, while the motherly lifecycle ranges from pre-conception to the commemoration of offspring who have died before their mothers."--
Note:
Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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1 Introduction --
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2 Uncanny Mothers in Roman Literature --
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Section 1: Mothers and Young Children --
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3 From Body to Behaviour: Maternal Transmission in the Ancient Greek World --
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4 Νωδυνία: L'Oubli des Souffrances Maternelles et le Chant Théocritéen: d'Alcmène (Id. 24) à Bérénice (Id. 17) --
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5 "Nimis ... mater": Mother Plot and Epic Deviation in the Achilleid --
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6 Augustan Maternal Ideology: The Blended Families of Octavia and Venus --
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Section 2: Mothers and Their Children's Marriages --
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7 Motherhood in Roman Epithalamia --
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8 The Roman Mother-In-Law --
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Section 3: Mothers and Their Adult Children --
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9 Maximum Thebis (Romae?) scelus / maternus amor est (Oed. 629-30): Amour de la Mère et Inceste chez Sénèque --
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10 Mighty Mothers: Female Political Theorists in Euripides' Suppliant Women and Phoenician Women --
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11 Wife, Mother, Philosopher: On the Symbolic Function of Augustine's Monnica --
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Section 4: Mothers and the Death of Their Children --
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12 Virgilian Matres: From Maternal Lament to Female Sedition in the Aeneid --
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13 Octavia: A Roman Mother in Mourning --
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14 Mothers as Dedicators --
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Abbreviations --
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Works Cited --
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Contributors --
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Index Locorum --
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General Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4875-3201-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3138/9781487538750
