The Medusa Reader
Published on 24. February 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
346 pages
978-0-415-90099-7 (ISBN)
Description
Ranging from classical times to pop culture, this collection will appeal to art historians, feminists, classicists, cultural critics, and anyone interested in mythology.
Reviews / Votes
"A valuable addition to all mythology and folklore collections and even art collections." -- Library Journal"Marjorie Garber and Nancy J. Vickers have assembled an anthology of seventy-three references to Medsa in literature, philosophy, advertising, and eclectic...the choice of images and artifacts is creative, provocative, and playful." --Woman's Art Journal
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Undergraduate Core
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
505 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-90099-7 (9780415900997)
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Marjorie Garber | Nancy J. Vickers
The Medusa Reader
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02/2003
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Persons
Marjorie Garber is William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English at Harvard, where she is also Chair of the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies, Director of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, and Director of the Humanities Center. Her ninth and most recent book is Quotation Marks, also published by Routledge.
NancyVickers is President of Bryn Mawr College, where she is also Professor of Italian, French, and Comparative Literature. She has published widely in the fields of literary and cultural studies, with particular interests in Dante, Renaissance poetry, and the technologies of lyric production.
NancyVickers is President of Bryn Mawr College, where she is also Professor of Italian, French, and Comparative Literature. She has published widely in the fields of literary and cultural studies, with particular interests in Dante, Renaissance poetry, and the technologies of lyric production.
Content
Introduction 1 HOMER 2 HESIOD 3 PINDAR 4 EURIPIDES 5 PALAEPHATUS 6 APOLLODORUS 7 DIODORUS SICULUS 8 OVID 9 LUCAN 10 LUCIAN 11 PAUSANIAS 12 ACHILLES TATIUS 13 FULGENTIUS 14 JOHN MALALAS 15 DANTE ALIGHIERI 16 PETRARCH 17 COLUCCIO SALUTATI 18 CHRISTINE DE PIZAN 19 LEONE EBREO 20 GIORGIO VASARI 21 NATALE CONTI 22 VINCENZO CARTARI 23 JOHN HARINGTON 24 FRANCIS BACON 25 WILLIAM DRUMMOND 26 JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE 27 PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY 28 KARL MARX 29 DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI 30 FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE 31 DAVID STARR JORDAN 32 LOUISE BOGAN 33 SIGMUND FREUD 34 SANDOR FERENCZI 35 COUNTEE CULLEN 36 WALTER BENJAMIN 37 PHILIP WYLIE 38 JEAN-PAUL SARTRE 39 JAMES MERRILL 40 ERICH NEUMANN 41 SYLVIA PLATH 42 ROGER CAILLOIS 43 DARYL HINE 44 MAY SARTON 45 JOHN FRECCERO 46 JO SPRINGER 47 HAZEL BARNES 48 JACQUES DERRIDA 49 ROLAND BARTHES 50 HELENE CIXOUS 51 COLLEEN J. MCELROY 52 LOUIS MARIN 53 ANN STANFORD 54 STEPHEN HEATH 55 SARAH KOFMAN 56 GANANATH OBEYESEKERE 57 NEIL HERTZ 58 TOBIN SIEBERS 59 TERESA DE LAURETIS 60 PATRICIA KLINDIENST JOPLIN 61 CRAIG OWENS 62 JEAN-PIERRE VERNANT 63 NANCY J. VICKERS 64 EMILY ERWIN CULPEPPER 65 AMY CLAMPITT 66 MARJORIE GARBER 67 RITA DOVE 68 BARBARA FRISCHMUTH 69 SANDER GILMAN 70 FRANCOISE FRONTISI-DUCROUX 71 DIANA FUSS AND JOEL SANDERS 72 LIZBETH GOODMAN 73 GIANNI VERSACE