The Transvestite Achilles

The Transvestite Achilles: Gender and Genre in Statius Achilleid Statius unfinished epic, the Achilleid, explores Achilles mothers attempt to save her son from the Trojan War by dressing him as a girl. This first book-length study of the poem offers a detailed interpretation and explores questions of the poems reception and of gender in antiquity. Autor: P. J. (University of Durham) Heslin Wydawnictwo: Cambridge University Press Rok wydania: 2009 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 372 Wymiary: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm Ilustracje: Worked examples or Exercises Język: angielski ISBN: 9780521117753