Cawthorn, Katrina.

Becoming female : the male body in Greek tragedy / Katrina Cawthorn. - 1 online resource (199 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-182) and index.

Introduction : imagining the classical body -- The suffering body : logos and soma -- The female body and the dissonance of suffering -- The precarious male body -- Heracles' body : becoming female -- Coda: tragedy's engendered dissolutions.

9781472521231


Femininity in literature.
Greek drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.
Human body in literature.
Masculinity in literature.


Electronic books.

PA3131 / .C39 2008

882.01093561