Metamorphoses of Helen
Authority, Difference, and the Epic

Mihoko Suzuki (Author)

9780801480805

Paperback / softback, published 10 September 1992

288 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.454 kg

A superb study of the uses and abuses of female characters in the epic tradition and their complex, sympathetic treatment by male poets.

Mihoko Suzuki sheds light on a literary tradition that seemingly holds Helen of Troy and her descendants responsible for causing epic conflicts, while it appropriates the woman's perspective as a source of insight and poetic power.