Regarding Penelope. From Character to Poetics, Second Edition, Paperback

In this updated and expanded second edition of Regarding Penelope, Nancy Felson explores the relationship between Homer’s construction of Penelope and his more general approach to poetic production and reception. Felson considers Penelope as an object of male gazes and as a subject acting from her own desire.

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Author(s): Nancy Felson
• Illustration(s): 5 illus.
• Number of pages: 276
• Collection: Hellenic Studies Series
• Publication date: 2025
• Dimensions: 228 x 153 x 17
• Cover type: Paperback / softback