American women and classical myths / Gregory A. Staley, editor.

Other author Staley, Gregory Allan.
Format Book
Publication InfoWaco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxi, 282 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
American literature--Women authors. --Classical influences.
American literature--Greek influences.
American literature--Roman influences.
Mythology, Classical, in literature.
Women in literature.
Women--Mythology.
Classicism--United States.
United States--Civilization. --Classical influences.

Contents Examples of classical myth in the poems of Phillis Wheatley / Julian Mason -- Margaret Fuller and her timeless friends / Marie Cleary -- H.D., daughter of Helen : mythology as actuality / Heila Murnaghan -- Those two or three human stories : Willa Cather, classical myth, and the new world epic / Mary R. Ryder -- Edith Hamilton and Greco-Roman mythology / Judith P. Hallett -- Liberating woman : Athena as cultural icon in the United States / Elzbieta Foeller-Pituch -- Victorian Antigone : classicism and women's education in America, 1840-1900 / Caroline Winterer -- The figure of Penelope in twentieth-century poetry by American women / Lillian E. Doherty -- The Amazons : wonder women in America / Gregory A. Staley.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 229-272) and index.
LCCN 2008011910
ISBN9781932792850 (alk. paper)
ISBN1932792856 (alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PS 159 .G82 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold