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

Author/creator Fiske, Shanyn, 1974-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAthens : Ohio University Press,
Descriptionix, 262 p. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
English literature--Greek influences.
English literature--19th century. --History and criticism.
English literature--Women authors. --History and criticism.
Popular literature--Great Britain. --History and criticism.
Greek literature--Appreciation. --Great Britain.
Hellenism in literature.
Classicism--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Great Britain--Civilization. --Greek influences.
Greece--In literature.

Contents Introduction: Hellenism and heresy -- Victorian Medea: from sensationalism to subjectivity -- Fragments of genius: Charlotte Brontë 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 237-257) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2008017867
ISBN9780821418178 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0821418173 (cloth : alk. paper)

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