The Medusa Reader (Culture Work (Hardcover))

“A valuable addition to all mythology and folklore collections and even art collections.” — Library Journal

“Marjorie Garber and Nancy J. Vickers have assembled an anthology of seventy-three references to Medsa in literature, philosophy, advertising, and eclectic…the choice of images and artifacts is creative, provocative, and playful.” —Woman’s Art Journal

Marjorie Garber is William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English at Harvard, where she is also Chair of the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies, Director of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, and Director of the Humanities Center. Her ninth and most recent book is Quotation Marks, also published by Routledge.
NancyVickers is President of Bryn Mawr College, where she is also Professor of Italian, French, and Comparative Literature. She has published widely in the fields of literary and cultural studies, with particular interests in Dante, Renaissance poetry, and the technologies of lyric production.