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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hurst, Isobel, 1973-

Series:

Classical presences.

Classical presences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

English literature.

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 authors, English.

Women and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Women and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Other Title:

Feminine of Homer

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

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.

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.

Notes:

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Oxford, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-245) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-954167-1

1-280-96528-2

9786610965281

0-19-153623-7

OCLC:

271206624