Peter Heinegg

Bitter Scrolls

Sexist Poison in the Canon

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a broad survey of our 'sacred texts,' both Holy Writ and secular masterpieces, whose canonical status often exempt them from hardnosed, commonsense criticism. A frank look at this literature is necessary and reveals a stunning combination of bias and blindness toward women.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 259g
• ISBN-13: 9780761852889
• ISBN-10: 0761852883
• Artikelnr.: 31207707

Autorenporträt

By Peter Heinegg

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction, In Their Own Words Chapter 2 1. Gilgamesh, Off to a
Very Bad Start Chapter 3 2. The Mightiest, Manliest Murderers Chapter 4 3.
Clytemnestra's Ghost: Aeschylus Puts Women in Their Place Chapter 5 4.
Moses: Misogyny in High Places Chapter 6 5. St. Paul: Christianity's
Founder Founders Chapter 7 6. Muhammad Keeps the Ladies in Line Chapter 8
7. Boccaccio and the Renaissance Playboy Philosophy Chapter 9 8. Rabelais
and the Triumph of Youmanism Chapter 10 9. Thoroughly Unmodern Willie:
Shakespeare's Women Chapter 11 10. Milton Confronts the Biblical Babe
Chapter 12 11. Alexander Pope's Dissonant Classical Symphony Chapter 13 12.
Wordsworth and the Helpless Female Chapter 14 13. Tolstoy's Women: Barefoot
in the Dacha Chapter 15 14. W.B. Yeats: The Last of the Red-Hot Lovers
Chapter 16 15. D.H. Lawrence: Hierophant Unhinged Chapter 17 16. An
Alternate Feminist Canon?-Forget About It Chapter 18 17. Leftover Toxins