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Author:   Alison Sharrock ,  Alison Keith
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Volume:   57
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.720kg
ISBN:  

9781487532017

ISBN 10:   1487532016
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   28 February 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"1. Introduction Alison Keith, University of Toronto, Mairéad McAuley, University College London, and Alison Sharrock, University of Manchester 2. Uncanny Mothers in Roman Literature Mairéad McAuley, University College London Section 1: Mothers and Young Children 3. From Body to Behaviour: Maternal Transmission in the Ancient Greek World Florence Gherchanoc, Université Paris Diderot, ANHIMA Centre 4. Νωδυνία: l’Oubli des souffrances maternelles et le chant théocritéen Florence Klein, Charles de Gaulle University 5. ""Nimis mater"": Mother Plot and Epic Deviation in the Achilleid Federica Bessone, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy 6. Augustan Maternal Ideology: The Blended Families of Octavia and Venus Judith P. Hallett, University of Maryland Section 2: Mothers and Their Children’s Marriages 7. Motherhood in Roman Epithalamia Henriette Harich-Schwarzbauer, Universität Basel, Switzerland 8. The Roman Mother-in-Law Alison Sharrock, University of Manchester Section 3: Mothers and Adult Children 9. maximum Thebis (Romae?) scelus/maternus amor est (Oed. 629-30): Amour de la mère et inceste chez Sénèque Jacqueline Fabre-Serris, Charles de Gaulle University 10. Mighty Mothers: Female Political Theorists in Euripides’ Suppliant Women and Phoenician Women Giulia Sissa, University of California 11. Wife, Mother, Philosopher: On the Symbolic Function of Augustine’s Monnica Therese Fuhrer, Ludwig Maximilians Universität Section 4: Mothers and the Death of Their Children 12. Virgilian Matres: From Maternal Lament to Female Sedition in the Aeneid Alison Keith, University of Toronto 13. Octavia: A Roman Mother in Mourning Valerie Hope, The Open University 14. Mothers as Dedicators Olympia Bobou, Aarhus University, Denmark"

Reviews

The chapters are successful in considering the nuances of the conceptualization of mothers in ancient sources, especially in poetry, and taken as a whole the volume achieves its aim of opening up new ways of viewing mothers in antiquity. -- Fiona McHardy, University of Roehampton * <em>Early Modern Women</em> *

Maternal Conceptions in Classical Literature and Philosophy is a compelling and exciting collection that thoughtfully deals with motherly grief, authority, and wisdom, and will offer much to scholars and students on the topics of women in antiquity and ancient sexuality and gender. - Erika Damer, Department of Classical Studies, University of Richmond Featuring a truly stellar list of contributors, Maternal Conceptions in Classical Literature and Philosophy makes significant contributions to the study of motherhood in the ancient world, and presents deep and thorough discussions of well-defined themes and original theses. - Patricia Salzman-Mitchell, Department of Classics and General Humanities, Montclair State University

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Alison Sharrock is a professor in the Department of Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology, and Egyptology at the University of Manchester. Alison Keith is a professor of classics and director of the Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto.

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