For most of her life Ellen Greene had been unlucky in love. She married young, only to divorce before the age of 30, leaving her to raise two young children alone. In her late 30s, an ill-fated relationship took her and her children across the country, but when the relationship soon dissolved, Ellen knew it was time to put her life together. And ...
This volume considers Sappho's poetry as a powerful, influential voice in the western cultural tradition. Contributors focus on literary history, mythic traditions, cultural studies, performance studies, recent work in feminist theory, and more.
The author re-examines long-held scholarly attitudes concerning the representation of male sexual desire and female subjection in the Latin love poetry of Catullus, Propertius and Ovid. Examining first-person poetic personae that have often been romanticized by critics, she finds that male sexuality is consistently threatened as moral resolve and ...
In recent decades, Latin love poetry has become a significant site for feminist and other literary critics studying conceptions of gender and sexuality in ancient Roman culture. This new volume, the first to specifically focus on gender dynamics in Latin love poetry, moves beyond the polarized critical positions that argue that this poetry either ...
This is a story of Ellen Greene's birth and general genealogy. She talks about family with various incidences while growing up as she remembers them. She tells of her dad and mom and their influence on her, of Dad's frequent moves as he was able to improve himself and the family lifestyle. She takes us through her schooling, training as a nurse ...
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