Sappho and Homer by Melissa Mueller
In this book, Melissa Mueller brings two of the most celebrated poets from Greek antiquity into conversation with contemporary theorists of gender, sexuality, and affect studies. Like all lyric poets of her time, Sappho was steeped in the affects and story-world of Homeric epic, and the language, characters, and themes of her poetry often intersect with those of Homer. Yet the relationship between Sappho and Homer has usually been framed as competitive and antagonistic. This book instead sets the two side by side, within the embrace of a non-hierarchical, 'reparative reading' culture, as first conceived by queer theorist and poet Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick. Reintroducing readers to a Sappho who supplements Homer's vision, it is an approach that locates Sappho's lyrics at the center of timely discussions about materiality, shame, queer failure, and the aging body, while presenting a sustaining and collaborative way of reading both lyric and epic.
'… fascinating readings of Sappho and some new features of the compared episodes in Homeric poems … Recommended' H. M. Roisman, CHOICE
'Amid the extensive scholarship on Sappho and Homer, this book distinguishes itself through its intricate weaving of classical texts and modern theories, smooth and engaging style, and groundbreaking perspective.' Pei He, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
'Amid the extensive scholarship on Sappho and Homer, this book distinguishes itself through its intricate weaving of classical texts and modern theories, smooth and engaging style, and groundbreaking perspective.' Pei He, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
MELISSA MUELLER is Professor of Classics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is the author of Objects as Actors: Props and the Poetics of Performance in Greek Tragedy (2016), co-editor of The Materialities of Greek Tragedy: Objects and Affect in Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides (2018), and series co-editor of Ancient Cultures, New Materialisms for Edinburgh University Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781108740609 |
| ISBN 10 | 110874060X |
| Title | Sappho and Homer |
| Author | Melissa Mueller |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2025-06-19 |
| Number of pages | 248 |
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