Transformations of Circe: The History of an EnchantressUniversity of Illinois Press, 1994 - 245 страници Beginning with a detailed study of Homer's balance of negative and positive elements in the Circe-Odysseus myth, Judith Yarnall employs text and illustrations to demonstrate how Homer's Circe is connected with age-old traditions of goddess worship. She then examines how the image of a one-sided "witch," who first appeared in the commentary of Homer's allegorical interpreters, proved remarkably persistent, influencing Virgil and Ovid. Yarnall concludes with a discussion of work by Margaret Atwood and Eudora Welty in which the enchantress at last speaks in her own voice: that of a woman isolated by, but unashamed of, her power. |
Съдържание
Homers Story | 9 |
Where Did Circe Come From? | 26 |
From Myth to Allegory | 53 |
The Legacy of Allegory | 79 |
Renaissance Circes | 99 |
Spenser the Witch and the Goddesses | 127 |
The Lovelorn Temptress | 145 |
Whore and Femme Fatale | 163 |
Her Voice | 182 |
Transformations | 194 |
Notes | 201 |
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Често срещани думи и фрази
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