Natalie Haynes - Pandora's Jar Women in the Greek Myths - New P

Description: About this Item The item is a book Paperback The Author Name is Natalie Haynes The Title is Pandora's Jar : Women in the Greek Myths Condition New Other Comments Pages Count - 320. Category - Literary Criticism Product Description - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFunny, sharp explications of what these sometimes not-very-nice women were up to, and how they sometimes made idiots of . . . but read on!Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's TaleThe national bestselling author of A Thousand Ships returns with a fascinating, eye-opening take on the remarkable women at the heart of classicalstories Greek mythology from Helen of Troy to Pandora and the Amazons to Medea.The tellers of Greek mythshistorically menhave routinely sidelined the female characters. When they do take a larger role, women are often portrayed as monstrous, vengeful or just plain evillike Pandora, the woman of eternal scorn and damnation whose curiosity is tasked with causing all the worlds suffering and wickedness when she opened that forbidden box. But, as Natalie Haynes reveals, in ancient Greek myths there was no box. It was a jar . . . which is far more likely to tip over.In Pandoras Jar, the broadcaster, writer, stand-up comedian, and passionate classicist turns the tables, putting the women of the Greek myths on an equal footing with the men. With wit, humor, and savvy, Haynes revolutionizes our understanding of epic poems, stories, and plays, resurrecting them from a womans perspective and tracing the origins of their mythic female characters. She looks at women such as Jocasta, Oedipus mother-turned-lover-and-wife turned Freudian sticking point, at once the cleverest person in the story and yet often unnoticed. She considers Helen of Troy, whose marriage to Paris caused the Trojan wara somewhat uneven response to her decision to leave her husband for another man. She demonstrates how the vilified Medea was like an ancient Beyoncegetting her revenge on the man who hurt and betrayed her, if by extreme measures. And she turns her eye to Medusa, the original monstered woman, whose stare turned men to stone, but who wasnt always a monster, and had her hair turned to snakes as punishment for being raped.Pandoras Jar brings nuance and care to the millennia-old myths and legends and asks the question: Why are we so quick to villainize these women in the first placeand so eager to accept the stories weve been told We Use Stock Images Because we have over 2 million items for sale we have to use stock images, this listing does not include the actual image of the item for sale. The purchase of this specific item is made with the understanding that the image shown in this listing is a stock image and not the actual item for sale. For example: some of our stock images include stickers, labels, price tags, hyper stickers, obi's, promotional messages, signatures and or writing which may not be available in the actual item. When possible we will add details of the items we are selling to help buyers know what is included in the item for sale. The details are provided automatically from our central master database and can sometimes be wrong. Books are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, not for sale, promotional, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions. The Book you receive could be any of these editions or variations. If you are looking for a specific edition or version please contact us to verify what we are selling. Gift IdeasThis is a great Christmas gift idea. Hours of ServiceWe have many warehouses, some of the warehouses process orders seven days a week, but the Administration Support Staff are located at a head office location, outside of the warehouses, and typically work only Monday to Friday. Location ID 9000z iHaveit SKU ID 167241017

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