Victim of the Muses

Auteur: Compton, Todd Merlin
Editeur: Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
This book probes the narratives of poets who are exiled, tried or executed for their satire. It views the scapegoat as a group's dominant warrior, sent out to confront predators or besieging forces. Both poets and warriors specialize in madness and aggression and are necessary, yet dangerous, to society.

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This book probes the narratives of poets who are exiled, tried or executed for their satire. It views the scapegoat as a group's dominant warrior, sent out to confront predators or besieging forces. Both poets and warriors specialize in madness and aggression and are necessary, yet dangerous, to society.
ISBN / EAN 9780674019584
Auteur Compton, Todd Merlin
Editeur Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies