The epic gaze : vision, gender and narrative in ancient epic /
The epic genre has at its heart a fascination with the horror of viewing death. Epic heroes have active visual power, yet become objects, turned into monuments, watched by two main audiences: the gods above and the women on the sidelines. This stimulating, ambitious study investigates the theme of v...
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| Typ dokumentu: | Kniha |
| Jazyk: | Angličtina Řečtina, starověká (do 1453) Latina |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2013
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| Vydání: | First published |
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| On-line přístup: | Elektronická verze přístupná pouze pro studenty a pracovníky MU |
| Příbuzné jednotky: | Tištěná verze::
Epic gaze |
Obsah:
- The divine gaze
- The mortal gaze
- The prophetic gaze
- Ecphrasis and the other
- The female gaze
- Heroic bodies on display
- The assaultive gaze
- Fixing it for good : Medusa and monumentality.