naa a22 4500 510773834 CHVBK 20180411083223.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12138-013-0322-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12138-013-0322-y Glendinning Eleanor University of Leeds, Leeds, UK aut Reinventing Lucretia: Rape, Suicide and Redemption from Classical Antiquity to the Medieval Era [Elektronische Daten] [Eleanor Glendinning] This article examines the rape and suicide of the archetypal Roman matron Lucretia and the representation and appropriation of her story in literature from Augustan Rome, Late Antiquity and the medieval period. Rape and suicide have always been highly evocative, topical and controversial actions for scrutinising the relationship between gender and history, and it is no accident that Rome's first high-profile victim was later drawn upon by writers from 2,000years of European history to explore issues such as appropriate (and inappropriate) female behaviour, sexuality, guilt, redemption, and the ethics of voluntary death. This article offers a diachronic perspective on the long afterlife of a single Roman myth and the potency of that myth as a privileged and effective point of reference for exploring femininity, rape and suicide in European history. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2013 Rape nationallicence Suicide nationallicence Livy nationallicence Ovid nationallicence St Augustine nationallicence Chaucer nationallicence International Journal of the Classical Tradition Springer Netherlands 20/1-2(2013-06-01), 61-82 1073-0508 20:1-2<61 2013 20 12138 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12138-013-0322-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12138-013-0322-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Glendinning Eleanor University of Leeds, Leeds, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of the Classical Tradition Springer Netherlands 20/1-2(2013-06-01), 61-82 1073-0508 20:1-2<61 2013 20 12138 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer