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Author:

Hurst, Isobel, 1973-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

253 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

English literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
English literature--Classical influences.--Classical influences.
English literature--Greek influences.--Greek influences.
English literature--19th century--History and criticism
Women authors, English--19th century.
Women and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Notes:

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

Series:

Classical presences

ISBN:

9780199283514 (acid-free paper)
0199283516 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)65165345
(OCoLC)70764475

LCCN:

2006008191

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)