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Laura Mcclure

Spoken Like a Woman

Speech and Gender in Athenian Drama

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In ancient Athens, where freedom of speech derived from the power of male citizenship, women's voices were seldom heard in public. Female speech was more often represented in theatrical productions through women characters written and enacted by men. In Spoken Like a Woman, the first book-length study of women's speech in classical drama, Laura McClure explores the discursive practices attributed to women of fifth-century b.c. Greece and to what extent these representations reflected a larger reality. Examining tragedies and comedies by a variety of authors, she illustrates how the dramatic poets exploited speech conventions among both women… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-1-4008-3244-6
  • EAN: 9781400832446
  • Produktnummer: 35964134
  • Verlag: Princeton University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
  • Seitenangabe: 336 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB

Über den Autor


Laura McClure is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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