{"product_id":"sappho-and-homer-a-reparative-reading-paperback-softback-9781108740609","title":"Sappho and Homer; A Reparative Reading (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108740609","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSappho and Homer\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Reparative Reading\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrings two of ancient Greece's most famous poets into conversation with contemporary theorists of gender, sexuality, and affect studies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMelissa Mueller (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108740609, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 June 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e250 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.367 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Amid the extensive scholarship on Sappho and Homer, this book distinguishes itself through its intricate weaving of classical texts and modern theories, smooth and engaging style, and groundbreaking perspective.' Pei He, Bryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this book, Melissa Mueller brings two of the most celebrated poets from Greek antiquity into conversation with contemporary theorists of gender, sexuality, and affect studies. Like all lyric poets of her time, Sappho was steeped in the affects and story-world of Homeric epic, and the language, characters, and themes of her poetry often intersect with those of Homer. Yet the relationship between Sappho and Homer has usually been framed as competitive and antagonistic. This book instead sets the two side by side, within the embrace of a non-hierarchical, 'reparative reading' culture, as first conceived by queer theorist and poet Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick. Reintroducing readers to a Sappho who supplements Homer's vision, it is an approach that locates Sappho's lyrics at the center of timely discussions about materiality, shame, queer failure, and the aging body, while presenting a sustaining and collaborative way of reading both lyric and epic.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: A Colicky Muse\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Reparative Reading: 1. Reparative Intertextualities: Sappho and Homer Between Lesbos and Troy\u003cbr\u003e 2. Sappho and Sedgwick as Reparative Readers\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Sappho and Homer: 3. Plaiting and Poikilia: the Materialities of Sappho's Craft\u003cbr\u003e 4. Aphrodite and the Poetics of Shame\u003cbr\u003e 5. In the Bardo with Tithonos\u003cbr\u003e 6. Sappho fr. 44V, or Andromache's 'No Future' Wedding Song\u003cbr\u003e 7. Sappho's Third Alternative: Helen and the Queering of Epic Desire\u003cbr\u003e 8. Sapphic Remembering, Lyric Kleos\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Homer's Night, Sappho's Day\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: On the Absence of the newest Sappho fragments from this book.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Classical history \/ classical civilisation [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Classical history \/ classical civilisation\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Classical%20history%20\/%20classical%20civilisation%20%5BHBLA1%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52509174661400,"sku":"9781108740609","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781108740609i.jpg?v=1786495983","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/sappho-and-homer-a-reparative-reading-paperback-softback-9781108740609","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}