Cultivating the Muse: Struggles for Power and Inspiration in Classical Literature

A variety of critical approaches from an international cast of contributors offer an original appreciation of creativity in classical literature. Whereas previous scholarship has portrayed the Muses as religious and benign creatures, the secularized muse figures explored here in a diverse corpus of Greek and Latin poetry are involved in a series of vibrant battles for inspiration.


Author: Efrossini Spentzou
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 05/23/2002
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 8.78h x 5.76w x 0.86d
ISBN: 9780199240043

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2002 pg. 629

About the Author

Efrossini Spentzou is Lecturer in Latin at Royal Holloway
Don Fowler was Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Jesus College, Oxford

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