Reading Sulpicia: Commentaries 1475 - 1990

by Mathilde Skoie, Mathilde Skole

Focusing on the representation of the Augustan poet Sulpicia in commentaries, this book investigates the interpretative strategies involved in the reading of an ancient text. Mathilde Skoie discusses a selection of commentaries from the Renaissance to the present day, combining the history of classical scholarship, philology, feminist literary theory, and reception theory.

376 pages, Hardcover

First published July 11, 2002