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Heretical Hellenism women writers, ancient Greece, and the Victorian popular imagination /

Main Author: Fiske, Shanyn, 1974-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Athens : Ohio University Press, c2008.
Subjects:
English literature > Greek influences.
English literature > History and criticism. > 19th century
English literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Popular literature > History and criticism. > Great Britain
Greek literature > Appreciation > Great Britain.
Hellenism in literature.
Classicism > History > 19th century. > Great Britain
Great Britain > Civilization > Greek influences.
Greece > In literature.
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10276645
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Hellenism and heresy
  • Victorian Medea: from sensationalism to subjectivity
  • Fragments of genius: Charlotte Brontθe and the discourse of popular Greek
  • Heretical humanism: Romola and Hellenism's distaff legacy
  • The Daimon archives: Jane Harrison and the afterlife of dead languages
  • Afterword: the First World War and the death of heresy.

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