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100 1 _aWright, F. A.
_q(Frederick Adam),
_d1869-1946
245 1 0 _aFeminism in Greek Literature from Homer to Aristotle
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2019
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2019-04-04
508 _aProduced by Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Feminism in Greek Literature from Homer to Aristotle" by F. A. Wright is a scholarly examination of the role of women in ancient Greek literature, written in the early 20th century. The work explores the portrayal and treatment of women across different literary periods, from the epic poems of Homer through to the philosophical writings of Aristotle, analyzing how literature reflects societal values and the degradation of women's status over time. The opening of this work introduces the central thesis that Greek civilization's decline can be linked to its devaluation of women, depicting a historical backdrop where women were subjected to both literary and social oppression. Wright discusses the contrasting positions of women in various Greek texts, with particular focus on how early epics, such as the "Iliad" and "Odyssey," present women as complex figures with agency, while later writings reflect a shift towards misogyny and female inferiority, influenced by changing cultural norms and philosophies. The introduction sets the stage for a detailed analysis of the literary landscape, illustrating the evolution of feminist thought through the lens of Greek literature. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aGreek literature -- History and criticism
653 _aWomen -- Greece -- History
653 _aWomen in literature
653 _aWomen and literature -- Greece
653 _aFeminism and literature -- Greece
653 _aFeminist literary criticism
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59205
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