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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winterer, Caroline, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Upper class women--United States--Intellectual life--18th century.

Upper class women.

Upper class women--United States--Intellectual life--19th century.

Classicism--United States--History--18th century.

Classicism.

Classicism--United States--History--19th century.

Classical education--United States--History--18th century.

Classical education.

Classical education--United States--History--19th century.

Women classicists--United States--History--18th century.

Women classicists.

Women classicists--United States--History--19th century.

History.

Intellectual life.

United States--Civilization--Classical influences.

United States.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

xii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-233) and index.

ISBN:

9780801441639

0801441633

OCLC:

77574629