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.
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