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Maternity, Monstrosity, and Heroic (Im)Mortality from Homer to Shakespeare
This work uses an adaptation of monster theory to rethink the foundations of epic-heroic immortality. Rather than...
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This work uses an adaptation of monster theory to rethink the foundations of epic-heroic immortality. Rather than focusing on a specific monster or monsters, the author identifies the "belly-monstrous" as a crucial point of intersection between mothers and warriors in traditional narratives of the Trojan War. Identifying the gestating/digesting belly as the center of the Iliadic world, this groundbreaking approach disrupts androcentric readings of the Iliadic warrior and his ethos, emphasizing the crucial role of female suffering in the generation and preservation of immortal legacy.
The author reconsiders ancient Greek depictions of the Trojan War and its aftermath, including Homeric epic and the tragedies of Aeschylus and Euripides, and illuminates the cohesive patterning of Shakespeare's "mother-warrior" plays, which place inherited Iliadic-belly-monstrous motifs in conversation with cultural anxieties of late Elizabethan England.
With meticulous scholarship and captivating analysis, Maternity, Monstrosity, and Heroic (Im)mortality from Homer to Shakespeare redefines the relationship between mothers and warriors in the Iliadic-heroic ideal, paving the way for new interpretations of war, grief, and immortal glory in a broad range of literary and cultural contexts.
Author: Sara Burdorff
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Published: 01/07/2025
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.63lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.22w x 1.18d
ISBN: 9789463728980
About the Author
Sara Frances Burdorff is an independent scholar and associate of the UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies. She has a PhD in English from UCLA and an MPhil in Renaissance English from Cambridge University. In addition to Homer, Shakespeare, mothers, and monsters, her other research interests include Old English riddles and poetry. She has also appeared in public media as a myth and folklore expert on cryptids and other mysterious phenomena.
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The author reconsiders ancient Greek depictions of the Trojan War and its aftermath, including Homeric epic and the tragedies of Aeschylus and Euripides, and illuminates the cohesive patterning of Shakespeare's "mother-warrior" plays, which place inherited Iliadic-belly-monstrous motifs in conversation with cultural anxieties of late Elizabethan England.
With meticulous scholarship and captivating analysis, Maternity, Monstrosity, and Heroic (Im)mortality from Homer to Shakespeare redefines the relationship between mothers and warriors in the Iliadic-heroic ideal, paving the way for new interpretations of war, grief, and immortal glory in a broad range of literary and cultural contexts.
Author: Sara Burdorff
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Published: 01/07/2025
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.63lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.22w x 1.18d
ISBN: 9789463728980
About the Author
Sara Frances Burdorff is an independent scholar and associate of the UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies. She has a PhD in English from UCLA and an MPhil in Renaissance English from Cambridge University. In addition to Homer, Shakespeare, mothers, and monsters, her other research interests include Old English riddles and poetry. She has also appeared in public media as a myth and folklore expert on cryptids and other mysterious phenomena.
This title is only available via back order
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