Mathilde Skoie

Reading Sulpicia

Commentaries 1475 - 1990

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on the representation of the Augustan poet Sulpicia in commentaries, this book investigates the interpretative strategies involved in the reading of an ancient text. Mathilde Skoie discusses a selection of commentaries from the Renaissance to the present day, combining the history of classical scholarship, philology, feminist literary theory, and reception theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juli 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 146mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 641g
• ISBN-13: 9780199245734
• ISBN-10: 0199245738
• Artikelnr.: 23887111

Autorenporträt

Mathilde Skoie is Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oslo

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: The first steps: from antiquity to Cyllenius' 15th century commentary
2: Confronting a sibylline leaf: Scaliger's 16th century commentary
3: Male chivalry?: Heyne's 18th century commentary
4: Subtle poetry or feminine fiddling?: Two 19th century commentaries
5: Sulpicia Americana: Smith's 20th century commentary
6: The commentator as collector: Trankle's 1990 commentary
Conclusion: The hermenutics of commenting