The Resource Women writers and the dark side of late-victorian hellenism, T.D. Olverson, (electronic book)
Women writers and the dark side of late-victorian hellenism, T.D. Olverson, (electronic book)
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The item Women writers and the dark side of late-victorian hellenism, T.D. Olverson, (electronic book) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool.
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- Summary
- Examining the appropriation of transgressive, violent female figures from ancient Greek literature and myth by late Victorian writers, Olverson reveals the extent to which ancient antagonists like the murderous Medea and the sinister Circe were employed as a means to protest against and comment upon contemporary social and political institutions
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 248 p.
- Note
- Originally published in: 2009
- Contents
-
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Contested Ground: Gender and Victorian Hellenism(s)
- Taking on the Tradition: Augusta Webster's Feminist Revisionism
- Amy Levy's Greek Anti-Heroines
- Worlds Without Women: Emily Pfeiffer's Political Hellenism
- Old Greek Wine in New Bottles: Michael Field's Dionysiac Poetics
- Medea's Haunting of the Fin de Siecle
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index
- Isbn
- 9780230246805
- Label
- Women writers and the dark side of late-victorian hellenism
- Title
- Women writers and the dark side of late-victorian hellenism
- Statement of responsibility
- T.D. Olverson
- Subject
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- English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- English literature -- Women authors | Classical influences
- English literature -- Women authors | Greek influences
- English literature -- Women authors | History and criticism
- Hellenism in literature
- Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Classicism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Examining the appropriation of transgressive, violent female figures from ancient Greek literature and myth by late Victorian writers, Olverson reveals the extent to which ancient antagonists like the murderous Medea and the sinister Circe were employed as a means to protest against and comment upon contemporary social and political institutions
- Cataloging source
- UK-WkNB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1975-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Olverson, T.D.
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Hellenism in literature
- English literature
- English literature
- English literature
- English literature
- Women and literature
- Classicism
- Label
- Women writers and the dark side of late-victorian hellenism, T.D. Olverson, (electronic book)
- Note
- Originally published in: 2009
- Antecedent source
- file reproduced from original
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Color
- multicolored
- Contents
- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Contested Ground: Gender and Victorian Hellenism(s) -- Taking on the Tradition: Augusta Webster's Feminist Revisionism -- Amy Levy's Greek Anti-Heroines -- Worlds Without Women: Emily Pfeiffer's Political Hellenism -- Old Greek Wine in New Bottles: Michael Field's Dionysiac Poetics -- Medea's Haunting of the Fin de Siecle -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index
- Extent
- 248 p.
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- electronic
- Isbn
- 9780230246805
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Quality assurance targets
- unknown
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System details
- Requires Adobe Reader
- Label
- Women writers and the dark side of late-victorian hellenism, T.D. Olverson, (electronic book)
- Note
- Originally published in: 2009
- Antecedent source
- file reproduced from original
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Color
- multicolored
- Contents
- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Contested Ground: Gender and Victorian Hellenism(s) -- Taking on the Tradition: Augusta Webster's Feminist Revisionism -- Amy Levy's Greek Anti-Heroines -- Worlds Without Women: Emily Pfeiffer's Political Hellenism -- Old Greek Wine in New Bottles: Michael Field's Dionysiac Poetics -- Medea's Haunting of the Fin de Siecle -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index
- Extent
- 248 p.
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- electronic
- Isbn
- 9780230246805
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Quality assurance targets
- unknown
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System details
- Requires Adobe Reader
Subject
- English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- English literature -- Women authors | Classical influences
- English literature -- Women authors | Greek influences
- English literature -- Women authors | History and criticism
- Hellenism in literature
- Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Classicism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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