The mirror of antiquity : American women and the classical tradition, 1750-1900 / Caroline Winterer.

Author/creator Winterer, Caroline, 1966-
Format Book
Publication InfoIthaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.
Descriptionxii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Upper class women--United States. --Intellectual life. --18th century.
Upper class women--United States. --Intellectual life. --19th century.
Classicism--United States. --History. --18th century.
Classicism--United States. --History. --19th century.
Classical education--United States. --History. --18th century.
Classical education--United States. --History. --19th century.
Women classicists--United States. --History. --18th century.
Women classicists--United States. --History. --19th century.
United States--Civilization. --Classical influences.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [209]-233) and index.
LCCN 2006102923
ISBN9780801441639 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0801441633 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HQ1418 .W56 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold