From its ancient incarnation as a song to recent translations in modern languages, Homeric epic remains an abiding source of inspiration for both scholars and a

Off the Pedestal is the first book to explore the radical change that occurred in the representation of women immediately after the Civil War. Three critical es

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charts - for the first time - the otherwise invisible tradition of women's epic." "The Female Homer provides a powerful research tool through its checklist of w