Pope, Homer, and Manliness: Some Aspects of Eighteenth Century Classical Learning

by Carolyn D. Williams

Book Overview

The author here reassesses the concept of 'masculinity', and argues that it cannot be seen as an absolute standard, but only as the product of perpetual conflict between competing and unstable models.

The argument is sustained by a close reading of the problematic conflict between gendered values in eighteenth-century classical learning. Pope's Homer ensured the continuation of the tradition of using the Iliad and Odyssey...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138979066
• ISBN13: 9781138979062
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"