Like a captive bird gender and virtue in Plutarch

Like a Captive Bird examines the use of psychagogy, a set of therapeutic principles for achieving virtue, in Plutarch's work. Warren argues that Plutarch's work makes use of moral-educational literature to inculcate a gendered sense of self in the reader, and that this self is fundamentall...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Warren, Lunette
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amherst, Massachusetts Lever Press [2022]©2022, 2022
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-365)