Kathryn Chew
Biographic Data
| ID | 3874936 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathryn Chew |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathryn |
| FAMILY NAME | Chew |
| SIGNATURE | CHEW K |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Long Beach |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0340-8760 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Thematic Texts
Early imperial literature approaches arena events as ‘spectacula’, referencing both what is seen and the viewer who sees it, both bound by a complicated reciprocity. The tensions driving this relationship are articulated by writers as consumers of these shows, at once receptive and in opposition to spectacle and its imperial sponsors. This chapter examines how spectacle informs the works of three socially distinct authors, whose writings respond …
Experiencing Pain in Imperial Greek Culture by Daniel King
Reviewed by: Experiencing Pain in Imperial Greek Culture by Daniel King Kathryn Chew Daniel King. Experiencing Pain in Imperial Greek Culture. Oxford Classical Monographs. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. Pp. xi, 291. $85.00. ISBN 978-0-19-881051-3. King's well-researched and ambitious book seeks to explore the representation of pain in Imperial Greek culture without falling into the intellectual traps that ensnared previous scholars. Such …
Achilles Tatius, Sophistic Master of Novelistic Conventions
A Novelistic Convention Reversed
Eyeing Epiphanies in Greek, Latin, and Sanskrit Texts
This article investigates textual similarities between a passage in Heliodorus' Greek novel the Aethiopica and several passages from the Indian epics the Mahābhārata and the Rāmāyana to propose that the Heliodoran passage bears influence from Indian literature and culture via either oral storytelling or the spread of Indian philosophical ideas. Cet article enquête sur les similitudes textuelles entre un passage du roman grec d'Héliodore, les Éthi…
The Chaste and the Chased
This article examines the novelistic heroines and early Christian female martyrs intercontextually. After exploring how heroine types could transfer to martyr accounts, I discuss the concept of chastity in these literatures. Σωφροσυώνη, the most common novelistic chastity word, represents a unique development for female characters in Greek literature, for chastity becomes a choice and not an imposition for the heroines. Remarkably, martyr account…
"Inconsistency and Creativity in Xenophon's "Ephesiaka
A Novelistic Convention Reversed
The Chaste and the Chased
This article examines the novelistic heroines and early Christian female martyrs intercontextually. After exploring how heroine types could transfer to martyr accounts, I discuss the concept of chastity in these literatures. Σωφροσυώνη, the most common novelistic chastity word, represents a unique development for female characters in Greek literature, for chastity becomes a choice and not an imposition for the heroines. Remarkably, martyr account…
"Inconsistency and Creativity in Xenophon's "Ephesiaka
The Chaste and the Chased
This article examines the novelistic heroines and early Christian female martyrs intercontextually. After exploring how heroine types could transfer to martyr accounts, I discuss the concept of chastity in these literatures. Σωφροσυώνη, the most common novelistic chastity word, represents a unique development for female characters in Greek literature, for chastity becomes a choice and not an imposition for the heroines. Remarkably, martyr account…
Eyeing Epiphanies in Greek, Latin, and Sanskrit Texts
This article investigates textual similarities between a passage in Heliodorus' Greek novel the Aethiopica and several passages from the Indian epics the Mahābhārata and the Rāmāyana to propose that the Heliodoran passage bears influence from Indian literature and culture via either oral storytelling or the spread of Indian philosophical ideas. Cet article enquête sur les similitudes textuelles entre un passage du roman grec d'Héliodore, les Éthi…
A Novelistic Convention Reversed
Achilles Tatius, Sophistic Master of Novelistic Conventions
Experiencing Pain in Imperial Greek Culture by Daniel King
Reviewed by: Experiencing Pain in Imperial Greek Culture by Daniel King Kathryn Chew Daniel King. Experiencing Pain in Imperial Greek Culture. Oxford Classical Monographs. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. Pp. xi, 291. $85.00. ISBN 978-0-19-881051-3. King's well-researched and ambitious book seeks to explore the representation of pain in Imperial Greek culture without falling into the intellectual traps that ensnared previous scholars. Such …
Thematic Texts
Early imperial literature approaches arena events as ‘spectacula’, referencing both what is seen and the viewer who sees it, both bound by a complicated reciprocity. The tensions driving this relationship are articulated by writers as consumers of these shows, at once receptive and in opposition to spectacle and its imperial sponsors. This chapter examines how spectacle informs the works of three socially distinct authors, whose writings respond …
Classical Antiquity Studies (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · History (4 works) · Literature (3 works) · Christianity (2 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (2 works) · Classics (2 works) · History (2 works)