Maternal Conceptions in Classical Literature and Philosophy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

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 carefully unpack 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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-02-28
Mått:165 x 235 x 32 mm
Vikt:720 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Phoenix Supplementary Volumes
Antal sidor:400
Förlag:University of Toronto Press
ISBN:9781487532017

Utforska kategorier

Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Alison Sharrock is a professor in the Department of Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology, and Egyptology at the University of Manchester. Alison Keith is a professor of classics and director of the Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto.

Recensioner i media

"The chapters are successful in considering the nuances of the conceptualization of mothers in ancient sources, especially in poetry, and taken as a whole the volume achieves its aim of opening up new ways of viewing mothers in antiquity."- Fiona McHardy, University of Roehampton (Early Modern Women)

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction Alison Keith, University of Toronto, Mairéad McAuley, University College London, and Alison Sharrock, University of Manchester2. Uncanny Mothers in Roman Literature Mairéad McAuley, University College LondonSection 1: Mothers and Young Children3. From Body to Behaviour: Maternal Transmission in the Ancient Greek World Florence Gherchanoc, Université Paris Diderot, ANHIMA Centre4. Νωδυνία: l’Oubli des souffrances maternelles et le chant théocritéen Florence Klein, Charles de Gaulle University5. "Nimis mater": Mother Plot and Epic Deviation in the Achilleid Federica Bessone, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy6. Augustan Maternal Ideology: The Blended Families of Octavia and Venus Judith P. Hallett, University of MarylandSection 2: Mothers and Their Children’s Marriages7. Motherhood in Roman Epithalamia Henriette Harich-Schwarzbauer, Universität Basel, Switzerland8. The Roman Mother-in-Law Alison Sharrock, University of ManchesterSection 3: Mothers and Adult Children9. maximum Thebis (Romae?) scelus/maternus amor est (Oed. 629-30): Amour de la mère et inceste chez Sénèque Jacqueline Fabre-Serris, Charles de Gaulle University10. Mighty Mothers: Female Political Theorists in Euripides’ Suppliant Women and Phoenician Women Giulia Sissa, University of California11. Wife, Mother, Philosopher: On the Symbolic Function of Augustine’s Monnica Therese Fuhrer, Ludwig Maximilians UniversitätSection 4: Mothers and the Death of Their Children12. Virgilian Matres: From Maternal Lament to Female Sedition in the Aeneid Alison Keith, University of Toronto13. Octavia: A Roman Mother in Mourning Valerie Hope, The Open University14. Mothers as Dedicators Olympia Bobou, Aarhus University, Denmark