This book is presented as a "literary biography" of the woman known as Helen of Troy, caught in various instances of her epiphanies in Western culture. It is an important work in the broad area of Classical Reception and it is aimed at both specialists and the general reader; and it is quite remarkable for the vast variety of information, sources and genres surveyed and for the wealth of secondary literature and critical approaches deployed. The analysed material ranges from Homer to 20th-century post-colonial literature and 21st-century TV fiction and cinema. The focus is specifically literary and narratological: any discourse on myth and mythology, history, and literature as an interdependent system is consciously avoided.
Antonio, Z. (2011). Review of Laurie Maguire, Helen of Troy: from Homer to Hollywood, Wiley-Blackwell Chichester - Malden, MA, 2009. BRYN MAWR CLASSICAL REVIEW, 2011, 1-3.
Review of Laurie Maguire, Helen of Troy: from Homer to Hollywood, Wiley-Blackwell Chichester - Malden, MA, 2009
ZIOSI, ANTONIO
2011
Abstract
This book is presented as a "literary biography" of the woman known as Helen of Troy, caught in various instances of her epiphanies in Western culture. It is an important work in the broad area of Classical Reception and it is aimed at both specialists and the general reader; and it is quite remarkable for the vast variety of information, sources and genres surveyed and for the wealth of secondary literature and critical approaches deployed. The analysed material ranges from Homer to 20th-century post-colonial literature and 21st-century TV fiction and cinema. The focus is specifically literary and narratological: any discourse on myth and mythology, history, and literature as an interdependent system is consciously avoided.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
