The Transvestite Achilles: Gender and Genre in Statius' Achilleid

by P.J. Heslin

Book Overview

As we follow Achilles' metamorphosis from wild boy to demure girl to lover to hero, Statius brilliantly illustrates a series of contrasting codes of behavior: male and female, epic and elegiac. This first full-length study of the poem addresses not only the narrative itself, but also sets the myth of Achilles on Scyros within a broad interpretive framework. The exploration ranges from the reception of the Achilleid in Baroque opera to the anthropological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521117755
• ISBN13: 9780521117753
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"