Cultivating the Muse: Struggles for Power and Inspiration in Classical Literature

by Efrossini Spentzou (Editor), Don Fowler (Editor)

A variety of critical approaches from an international cast of contributors offer an original appreciation of creativity in classical literature. Whereas previous scholarship has portrayed the Muses as religious and benign creatures, the secularized muse figures explored here in a diverse corpus of Greek and Latin poetry are involved in a series of vibrant battles for inspiration.

324 pages, Hardcover

First published May 23, 2002