Reading Sulpicia: Commentaries 1475 - 1990
Author:   Mathilde Skoie (Postdoctoral Fellow, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Oslo)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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Pages:   376
Publication Date:   16 May 2002
Format:   Hardback
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Reading Sulpicia: Commentaries 1475 - 1990


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Author:   Mathilde Skoie (Postdoctoral Fellow, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Oslo)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.70cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.30cm
Weight:   0.646kg
ISBN:  

9780199245734


ISBN 10:   0199245738
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   16 May 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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. AJP ... an impressive display of scholarship ... [Skoie] offers an accessible and incisive case-study in the hermeneutics of reading and reception, and as an erudite analysis of the gendered dynamics of reading one of classical literature's most challenging authors her book offers a valuable new contribution to the field. Journal of Roman Studies


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. AJP ... an impressive display of scholarship ... [Skoie] offers an accessible and incisive case-study in the hermeneutics of reading and reception, and as an erudite analysis of the gendered dynamics of reading one of classical literature's most challenging authors her book offers a valuable new contribution to the field. Journal of Roman Studies


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Mathilde Skoie is Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oslo

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