{"product_id":"siren-songs-lillian-doherty-9780472105977","title":"Siren Songs: Gender, Audiences, and Narrators in the Odyssey","description":"In \u003ci\u003eSiren Songs: Gender, Audiences, and Narrators in the\u003c\/i\u003e Odyssey, Lillian Eileen Doherty shows us that the attitude of Odysseus, as well as of the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, is highly ambivalent toward women. Odysseus rewards supportive female characters by treating them as privileged members of the audience for his own tales. At the same time, dangerous female narrators--who threaten to disrupt or revise the hero's story--are discredited by the narrative framework in which their stories appear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSiren Songs\u003c\/i\u003e synthesizes audience-oriented and narratological approaches, and examines the relationships among three kinds of audiences: internal, implied, and actual. The author prefaces her own reading of the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e with an analysis of the issues posed by the earlier feminist readings on which she builds. Should the\u003ci\u003e Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e be read as a \"closed\" text, that is, as one whose meaning is highly determined, or as an \"open\" text whose contradictions and ambiguities undercut its overt meanings? \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSiren Songs\u003c\/i\u003e presents a feminist critique of the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e in an accessible manner aimed at a more general audience. All Greek is translated, and critical terminology is clearly defined. \u003cbr\u003eLillian Eileen Doherty is Associate Professor of Classics, University of Maryland, College Park. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lillian Doherty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472105973\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472105977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Lillian Doherty","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48448696156415,"sku":"9780472105977","price":84.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a44036d6-40c3-47d2-a763-cf12c38690aa.jpg?v=1777260068","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/siren-songs-lillian-doherty-9780472105977","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}