Transvestite Achilles, The: Gender and Genre in Statius Achilleid by Peter Heslin
Transvestite Achilles, The: Gender and Genre in Statius Achilleid

Peter Heslin

Transvestite Achilles, The: Gender and Genre in Statius Achilleid

Peter Heslin

371 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative medium-paced
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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 no...

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