The wound and the witness : the rhetoric of torture / Jennifer R. Ballengee.
| Author/creator | Ballengee, Jennifer R., 1968- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Albany : SUNY Press, ©2009. |
| Description | ix, 190 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The legal body : the symbolic corpse in Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone -- The political body : pain and punishment in Sophocles' Oedipus rex and Oedipus at Colonus -- The erotic body : mutilation and desire in Achilles Tatius' Leukippe and Kleitophon -- The moral body : the figure of suffering in Prudentius's Peristephanon liber. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-186) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008027671 |
| ISBN | 9781438424910 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1438424914 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PA 3015.T67 B35 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |