Byblis's 'Feminine Latinity' in Ovid's Metamorphoses 9.450–665.
Sulpicia, a young woman connected to an important literary circle through her uncle, Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, may be the only extant female poet of the Augustan period. If so, it is likely that Ovid had privileged knowledge of a Roman woman's poetic voice, as scholars have noted similariti...
| Publicado en: | Helios Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 37 - 68 |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Texas Tech University Press
Spring2018
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=132718880&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 132718880 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 01600923 1IFI jtl: Helios issn: 01600923 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Spring2018 vid: 45 iid: 1 pid: 4212 pub: Texas Tech University Press artinfo: ui: 132718880 10.1353/hel.2018.0001 ppf: 37 ppct: 31 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 405KB tig: atl: Byblis's 'Feminine Latinity' in Ovid's Metamorphoses 9.450–665. aug: au: Westerhold, Jessica su: Metamorphoses (Book : Ovid) Femininity Messalla Corvinus, Marcus Valerius, 64 B.C.-ca. 8 A.D. Women poets Poetry (Literary form) sug: subj: Metamorphoses (Book : Ovid) Femininity Messalla Corvinus, Marcus Valerius, 64 B.C.-ca. 8 A.D. Women poets Poetry (Literary form) ab: Sulpicia, a young woman connected to an important literary circle through her uncle, Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, may be the only extant female poet of the Augustan period. If so, it is likely that Ovid had privileged knowledge of a Roman woman's poetic voice, as scholars have noted similarities between Ovid's poetry and Sulpicia's. We may see further correspondences between the Ovidian Byblis's epistle and Sulpicia, which, I will argue, reflect the 'sound' of female-authored poetry, at least as a male poet hears and reproduces it. Whether Ovid is looking toward Sulpicia for a model of feminine Latinity, whether the pseudonymous Sulpicia is looking toward Ovid's Byblis, or whether Ovid has written them both, Byblis's epistolary verse constructs a believable female poetic voice. When compared to Sulpicia's corpus, the subtle differences suggest multiple ways in which the writing voice of a woman may have expressed a sexual desire that is in tension with a self-identified femininity governed by pudicitia (sexual virtue), the late Republican and Augustan definition of a good Roman maiden and woman. I will argue that differences reveal cultural assumptions that construct the male ventriloquized Byblis and offer further evidence in support of Sulpicia's identification as a genuine female writer. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Helios is the property of Texas Tech University Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Helios holder: Texas Tech University Press dt: @attributes: year: 2018 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|