She Who Lies Above - Beatriz Hausner

In She Who Lies Above, Beatriz Hausner brings Hypatia of Alexandria, the fourth-century Byzantine mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, to life. She does so through layered ventriloquism: publishing amorous correspondence from the feminist iconÂ’s friend and former student, Synesius of Cyrene, and scribing HypatiaÂ’s replies in turn.These letters are “discovered” by Bettina Ungaro, a librarian and archivist by day and poet by night. She, in turn, collates the correspondence to build a vision... Zobrazit více