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Published by München: C.H. Beck, 1992, 1992
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
Lefkowitz, Mary R., 1935-. Die Töchter des Zeus. Frauen im alten Griechenland. Aus dem Amerikanischen übersetzt von Holger Fliessbach. München: C.H. Beck, 1992, 192pp., very good dust-jacket, very good maroon hardcover. 9783406367687 ISBN 3406367682.
Published by London : Duckworth, 1986
ISBN 10: 0715620967ISBN 13: 9780715620960
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 158 pages ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Greek - literature - History and criticism. Women in literature. 1 Kg.
Published by New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2008, 2008
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
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Lefkowitz, Mary R., 1935-. History lesson: a race odyssey. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2008, with 1st printing number line, vi, 202pp., very good dust-jacket, very good brown cloth. SIGNED under her name on title page: Mary Lefkowitz AND also INSCRIBED with best wishes on front endpaper. In the early 1990s, Classics professor Mary Lefkowitz discovered that one of her faculty colleagues at Wellesley College was teaching his students that Greek culture had been stolen from Africa and that Jews were responsible for the slave trade. This book tells the disturbing story of what happened when she spoke out. Lefkowitz quickly learned that to investigate the origin and meaning of myths composed by people who have for centuries been dead and buried is one thing, but it is quite another to critique myths that living people take very seriously. She also found that many in academia were reluctant to challenge the fashionable idea that truth is merely a form of opinion. For her insistent defense of obvious truths about the Greeks and the Jews, Lefkowitz was embroiled in turmoil for a decade. She faced institutional indifference, angry colleagues, reverse racism, anti-Semitism, and even a lawsuit intended to silence her. In History Lesson Lefkowitz describes what it was like to experience directly the power of both postmodernism and compensatory politics. She offers personal insights into important issues of academic values and political correctness, and she suggests practical solutions for the divisive and painful problems that arise when a political agenda takes precedence over objective scholarship. Her forthright tale uncovers surprising features in the landscape of higher education and an unexpected need for courage from those who venture there. - CONTENTS: A racist incident? -- Discovering afrocentrism -- Two views of ancient history -- Turning myths into history -- A new anti-Semitism -- Truth or slander? -- Reparations? -- A racist polemic? -- Turning history into fiction. ISBN 9780300126594.
Published by London : Duckworth, 1986
ISBN 10: 0715620967ISBN 13: 9780715620960
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Book First Edition
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 158 pages ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Greek - literature - History and criticism. Women in literature. 1 Kg.
Published by London : Duckworth, 1981
ISBN 10: 0715615904ISBN 13: 9780715615904
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xi, 187 pages ; 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-184) and index. Contents: Hesiod -- Homer -- Archaic lyric poets -- Solon -- Simonides --Pindar -- Aeschylus -- Sophocles -- Euripides -- Comic poets -- Hellenistic poets.Subjects: Poets, Greek ; Biography. Greek poetry History and criticism.Poètes grecs ; Biographies.Poésie grecque Histoire et critique. Greek poetry.Poets, Greek. Dichters.Grieks. Poesia Classica Grega. Poets, Greek.Greek poetry History and criticism. Poètes grecs Biographies. Poésie grecque antique critique et interprétation. Poets, Greek ; Biography.Greek poetry History and criticism. Poets Ancient Greek literature Biography. 1 Kg.
Published by London : Duckworth, 1981
ISBN 10: 0715615904ISBN 13: 9780715615904
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Book First Edition
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xi, 187 pages ; 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-184) and index. Contents: Hesiod -- Homer -- Archaic lyric poets -- Solon -- Simonides --Pindar -- Aeschylus -- Sophocles -- Euripides -- Comic poets -- Hellenistic poets.Subjects: Poets, Greek ; Biography. Greek poetry History and criticism.Poètes grecs ; Biographies.Poésie grecque Histoire et critique. Greek poetry.Poets, Greek. Dichters.Grieks. Poesia Classica Grega. Poets, Greek.Greek poetry History and criticism. Poètes grecs Biographies. Poésie grecque antique critique et interprétation. Poets, Greek ; Biography.Greek poetry History and criticism. Poets Ancient Greek literature Biography. 1 Kg.