John M McMahon

Paralysin Cave

Impotence, Perception and Text in the Satyrica of Petronius

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume explores the literary representation of male sexual dysfunction and investigates how the natural and supernatural elements of an ancient folk medical system and the empowerment implicit in the text itself function in the Satyrica of Petronius.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill / Brill NV
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 162mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 671g
• ISBN-13: 9789004108257
• ISBN-10: 9004108254
• Artikelnr.: 21731687

Autorenporträt

John M. McMahon, Ph.D. (1993) in Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania, is Assistant Professor of Classics at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, NY. He has published articles on ancient natural history and Petronian fiction.