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Victorian women writers and the classics : the feminine of Homer
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- Creator
- Isobel Hurst
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 253 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 0199283516, 9780199283514
- OCLC
- ocm65165345
- Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Oxford, 2003.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-245) and index.
- 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
Subjects
- English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
- 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 and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.