Title The mirror of antiquity : American women and the classical tradition, 1750-1900 / Caroline Winterer

Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 242 pages) : illustrations Contents The female world of classicism in eighteenth-century America -- The rise of the Roman matron, 1770-1790 -- Daughters of Columbia, 1780-1800 -- Grecian luxury, 1800-1830 -- Climbing Parnassus, 1790-1850 -- The Greek slave, 1830-1865 -- Antigone and the twilight of female classicism, 1850-1900 Summary "In The Mirror of Antiquity, Caroline Winterer uncovers the lost world of American women's classicism during its glory days in the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries. Overturning the widely held belief that classical learning and political ideals were relevant only to men, she follows the lives of four generations of American women through their diaries, letters, books, needlework, and drawings, demonstrating how classicism was at the center of their experience as mothers, daughters, and wives. Importantly, she pays equal attention to women from the North and from the South, and to the ways that classicism shaped the lives of black women in slavery and freedom."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-233) and index Notes Print version record SUBJECT Börngen, ... gnd University of South Alabama gnd Subject Upper class women -- United States -- Intellectual life -- 18th century Upper class women -- United States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century Classicism -- United States -- History -- 18th century Classicism -- United States -- History -- 19th century Classical education -- United States -- History -- 18th century Classical education -- United States -- History -- 19th century Women classicists -- United States -- History -- 18th century Women classicists -- United States -- History -- 19th century HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century. Civilization -- Classical influences Classical education Classicism Women classicists Antike Geistesleben Humanistische Bildung Rezeption Frau Sekseverschillen. Vrouwenemancipatie. Filosofische aspecten. SUBJECT United States -- Civilization -- Classical influences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139953 Subject United States USA Verenigde Staten. Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781501711558 1501711555

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