Reading Sulpicia: Commentaries 1475 - 1990

by Mathilde Skoie

Overview

Focusing on the representation of the Augustan poet Sulpicia in commentaries, this book investigates the interpretative strategies involved in the reading of an ancient text. Mathilde Skoie discusses a selection of commentaries from the Renaissance to the present day, combining the history of classical scholarship, philology, feminist literary theory, and reception theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199245734
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	07/11/2002
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 5.70(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

mathilde Skoie is Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oslo

Table of Contents

Introduction1. The first steps: from antiquity to Cyllenius' 15th century commentary2. Confronting a sibylline leaf: Scaliger's 16th century commentary3. Male chivalry?: Heyne's 18th century commentary4. Subtle poetry or feminine fiddling?: Two 19th century commentaries5. Sulpicia Americana: Smith's 20th century commentary6. The commentator as collector: Trankle's 1990 commentaryConclusion: The hermenutics of commenting

Editorial Reviews

"The idea behind Skoie's Reading Sulpicia is an inspired one.... A marvellously wide-ranging and assured piece of scholarship."—Times Literary Supplement

"Offers a fresh look at the tradition of scholarship that the poems have inspired.... 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."—American Journal of Philology

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