Opis: Cleopatra: Histories, Dreams and Distortions - Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Brilliant and discursive` - - Antonia Fraser, Sunday Times`Hughes-Hallett`s exemplary reappraisal … throws a searching light on two thousand years of male erotic fantasy` - - Joan Smith, New StatesmanWinner of the FAWCETT PRIZE and EMILY TOTH AWARDIn the 2,000 years since her death, Cleopatra has been recreated over and over again by poets, artists and filmmakers, each time in a form that fits the prejudices, anxieties and yearnings of the age that produced it. To Chaucer she was the model of a good wife, while to Cecil B. DeMille she was `the wickedest woman in history`.In this revised edition of Lucy Hughes-Hallett`s award-winning cultural history, the real Cleopatra - one of the most powerful women in the ancient world - is skilfully revealed alongside a legion of imaginary counterparts and the sexual, racial and political messages they carry.

Szczegóły: Cleopatra: Histories, Dreams and Distortions - Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Nazwa: Cleopatra: Histories, Dreams and Distortions
Autor: Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Wydawnictwo: Fourth Estate
Kod paskowy: 9780008781323
Ilość stron: 464
Format: 13x20 cm
Waga: 0.414 kg

Recenzje: Cleopatra: Histories, Dreams and Distortions - Lucy Hughes-Hallett