Victorian women writers and the classics : the feminine of Homer

Author(s)

• Hurst, Isobel

Bibliographic Information

Victorian women writers and the classics : the feminine of Homer

Isobel Hurst

（Classical presences）

Oxford University Press, 2006

Note

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

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

Contents of Works

• 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'

Details

• NCID: BA78692857
• ISBN:
  • 9780199283514
• LCCN: 2006008191
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: [viii], 253 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR115
  • DC22 : 820.9/928709034
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : English literature -- Women authors -- Classical influences
  • LCSH : English literature -- Women authors -- Greek influences
  • LCSH : English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Women authors, English -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA74848648