Theocritus: Space, Absence, and Desire

by William G Thalmann

Theocritus: Space, Absence, and Desire discusses many of Theocritus's Idylls with emphasis on how these poems construct space--its contours and borders, along with the people, animals, and objects that fill it--and the equally important role of absence. Drawing on spatial theory from anthropology and cultural geography, author William G. Thalmann studies each poem in itself and in its connections with other poems, so that a loose coherence emerges...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197636551
• ISBN13: 9780197636558
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"