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This essay considers Scipio Moorhead's 1773 portrait of Phillis Wheatley, Wheatley's poem "To S.M. A Young African Painter" and the mutual legacy of these two artists. Focusing on the idle pose, I argue that Wheatley explores the relationship between the critic and poet in connection with literary reputation. I draw on theories of idleness (as affect, suspended action) as well as gender, labor, and race in order to argue that Wheatley's writing reveals her active role in image-making by paradoxically capturing an idle moment, allowing students to contextualize her intellectual labor within the legacy of her authorship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The book "Las Griegas. Poetas, oradoras y filósofas" by Mariana Gardella Hueso focuses on recovering the voice of women who lived in ancient Greece between the 7th and 4th centuries BC. The author argues that these women have not received the attention they deserve in the philosophical field and proposes to call them "thinkers". The book examines the participation of women in the public sphere and highlights figures such as Sappho and Cleobulina of Lindos, who used writing and riddles as alternative forms of communication. It also focuses on Pythagorean philosophers, such as Theano of Crotona. The text presents a historical-philosophical essay on the women thinkers of Ancient Greece and their place in the philosophical tradition, including the discussion on the authorship of the writings attributed to these women and the marginalization they have experienced in philosophy. [Extracted from the article]

"The Female Imagination: A Literary and Psychological Investigation of Women's Writing" by Patricia Meyer Spacks is a comprehensive analysis of women's literature, exploring changes and continuities in women's self-perceptions and creativity. The book examines the contributions of women theorists such as Virginia Woolf and Simone de Beauvoir, as well as lesser-known theorists who emphasize the psychological aspects of women's writing. It also explores themes of power and passivity, the struggles of female characters against social expectations, and the concept of "finger posts" in women's literature. Overall, the book emphasizes the importance of understanding women's unique perspectives and calls for a more inclusive literary criticism. [Extracted from the article]

This book review discusses "A Pentecostal commentary on the Pastoral Epistles" by William K. Kay and John R. L. Moxon. The authors emphasize that their commentary is specifically aimed at ministers within the Pentecostal and charismatic movements, as it focuses on the activities of the Holy Spirit. They argue that the Pastoral Epistles contain elements that are compatible with Pentecostal beliefs and practices. The authors also critique the academic community, viewing it as separate from and potentially in conflict with the Church. They defend the Pauline authorship of the Epistles and provide their own translation. The review concludes by highlighting the book's potential to challenge readers' perspectives and its relevance to interpretative communities within the Pentecostal Church and the academic community. [Extracted from the article]

One of the most interesting tendencies in contemporary English poetry which arguably will develop further and mark the next decades of writing in England, are works which I would call translation-poems, i.e. texts which problematize the distinction between translations and original works, as well as between authors and translators. One could mention here such books as Jo Shapcott's Tender Taxes (versions of Rilke's poems), Alice Oswald's Memorial (a translation of Homer's The Iliad), and Lavinia Greenlaw's A Double Sorrow: Troilus and Criseyde (a version of Chaucer's poem). All three books have been advertised as authored by these English poets; it is only their names that appear on book covers. Significantly, this type of translating, or adapting poetry comes now largely from women writers. Trying to define the blurred genre they are working in, they call it variously: versions, excavations, extrapolations, remixes, etc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Alex Csiszar, The Scientific Journal: Authorship and the Politics of Knowledge in the Nineteenth Century, Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, 2018. Emmanuelle Reungoat, Enquête sur les opposants à l'Europe. À droite et à gauche, leur impact d'hier à aujourd'hui, Lormont, France: Le Bord de l'eau, 2019. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]