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Victorian women writers and the classics : the feminine of Homer
- Title
- Victorian women writers and the classics : the feminine of Homer / Isobel Hurst.
- Author
- Hurst, Isobel, 1973-
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | PR115 .H87 2006 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 253 pages; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "In this study, Isobel Hurst brings together two lines of enquiry in recent criticism: the Romantic and Victorian reception of ancient Greece and Rome, and women as writers and readers in the nineteenth century."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Classical presences
- Uniform Title
- Classical presences.
- Alternative Title
- Feminine of Homer
- Subject
- Homerus, ca. 800 v.Chr
- 1800-1899
- 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
- 18.05 English literature
- English literature
- English literature > Women authors
- Women and literature
- Women authors, English
- Antike
- Frauenliteratur
- Rezeption
- Klassieke oudheid
- Vrouwelijke auteurs
- Engels
- Författare > Storbritannien > 1800-talet
- Antiken
- Hjältinnor
- Engelsk litteratur > kvinnliga författare > 1800-talet
- Engelsk litteratur > grekiska influenser > 1800-talet
- Engelska kvinnliga författare > grekiska influenser > historia > 1800-talet
- Great Britain
- Englisch
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Note
- Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Oxford, 2003.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-245) and index.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0199283516
- 9780199283514
- 9780191712715 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2006008191
- OCLC
- ocm65165345
- 65165345
- SCSB-14533528
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library