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Author:

Winterer, Caroline, 1966-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xii, 242 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

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.
United States--Classical influences.--Classical influences.
Sekseverschillen.
Vrouwenemancipatie.
Filosofische aspecten.
Verenigde Staten.

Notes:

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

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.

ISBN:

0801441633 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801441639 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006102923

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)