Mary Renault: la trilogia di Alessandro
Journal title HISTORIA MAGISTRA
Author/s Carla Scilabra
Publishing Year 2017 Issue 2017/24
Language Italian Pages 13 P. 120-132 File size 101 KB
DOI 10.3280/HM2017-024011
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The article explores the literary and historical production of Mary Renault (1905-1983), a British writer who emigrated in South Africa, with particular attention to the Trilogy of Alexander the Great. The essay analyses the influence exercised on the author’s poetry by the complex vicissitudes that animated the political and social history of the decades that followed the Second World War, with particular attention to issues related to the struggle for the emancipation of the gay community. The study includes an analysis of how Mary Renault’s work can be read within the historiography about Alexander the Great and homosexuality in the ancient Greek world.
Keywords: Mary Renault, Alexander the Great, Contemporary Literature, Historical narrative, Gay rights, Greek homosexuality.
Carla Scilabra, Mary Renault: la trilogia di Alessandro in "HISTORIA MAGISTRA" 24/2017, pp 120-132, DOI: 10.3280/HM2017-024011