Title Victorian women writers and the classics : the feminine of Homer / Isobel Hurst

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (253 pages) Series Classical presences Classical presences. Contents Encounters with the ancient world in nineteenth century literary culture -- Classical training for the woman writer -- Unscrupulously epic -- Classics and the family in the Victorian novel -- Greek heroines and The wrongs of women -- Revising the Victorians -- Conclusion: on not knowing Greek Summary This is an examination of the role of women writers in the Victorian reception of ancient Greece and Rome, showing that they had a greater imaginative engagement with classical literature than has previously been acknowledged Notes Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Oxford, 2003 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-245) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism English literature -- Women authors -- Classical influences English literature -- Women authors -- Greek influences English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Women authors, English -- 19th century Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century English literature. English literature -- Women authors. Women and literature. Women authors, English. Antike Frauenliteratur Rezeption Klassieke oudheid. Vrouwelijke auteurs. Engels. Great Britain. Englisch. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. Form Electronic book ISBN 0199283516 9780199283514 9780191712715 019171271X 1280965282 9781280965289 9786610965281 6610965285 0191536237 9780191536236

Other Titles Feminine of Homer

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