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 scholarhip, philology, feminist literary theory, and reception theory. The six short love poems of Sulpicia (Corpus Tibullianum 3. 13-18) have, throughout history, been the subject of numerous different interpretations and judgements. The poems' ambivalent status as poetry, the uncertainties surrounding authorship, the female intrusion in a male-dominated world, and questions about canon and 'feminine Latin' are some of the many issues that make them interesting for an investigation of classical scholarship. The poems can thus be used as a showcase for how commentaries are an interpretative and historically situated genre. Reading Sulpicia is the first monograph on Sulpicia and her reception, and thereby fills a gap in the literature concerning both reception studies and the study of Sulpicia herself.
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Focusing on the representation of the Augustan poet Sulpicia in commentaries, this work 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.
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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
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... offers a fresh look at the tradition of scholarship that the poems have inspired ... Reading Sulpicia is a welcome contribution, both for what it reveals about the processes of reading intrinsic to the commentary and for the range of topics that it addresses.
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The first monograph on Sulpicia and her reception Makes an important contribution to broader issues: interpretation, gender, attribution, and commentary Appendices include the text of the Sulpicia poems and samples of the commentaries
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Mathilde Skoie is Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oslo
The first monograph on Sulpicia and her reception Makes an important contribution to broader issues: interpretation, gender, attribution, and commentary Appendices include the text of the Sulpicia poems and samples of the commentaries
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199245734
Publisert
2002
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
646 gr
Høyde
223 mm
Bredde
147 mm
Dybde
26 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, P, UP, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
376

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Biographical note

Mathilde Skoie is Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oslo