Lesbian Desire in the Lyrics of Sappho

ISBN-13: 9780231099950 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 280 str.

Jane Snyder

Opis

The lyrics of Sappho are the earliest surviving examples of explicitly homoerotic literature and have often been analyzed in terms of their revelations about the island society of Lesbos. This volume examines Sappho's poetry through the lens of lesbian desire. It focuses on the active female gaze in the texts and the narrative voice - one that describes female experience and desires as primary, not secondary to the dominant (male) culture.