Victorian Women Writers and the Classics
Victorian Women Writers and the Classics
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An exploration of the role of women writers in the Victorian reception of ancient Greece and Rome. The restrictions which applied to women's learning liberated them from the dullness of a traditional classical education, allowing them to respond imaginatively to classical texts using modern forms such as the novel.
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Victorian Women Writers and the Classics by Isobel Hurst
Isobel Hurst examines the role of women writers in the Victorian reception of ancient Greece and Rome, showing that they had a greater imaginative engagement with classical literature than has previously been acknowledged. The restrictions which applied to women's access to classical learning liberated them from the repressive and sometimes alienating effects of a traditional classical education. Women writers' reworkings of classical texts serve a variety of purposes: to validate women's claims to authorship, to demand access to education, to highlight feminist issues through the heroines of ancient tragedy, to repudiate the warrior ethos of ancient epic.
Both scholars and more general readers will find much interest in Hurst's accessible contribution to the Classical Presences series, with its adroit summaries of the position of women's classical education in the Victorian period and its effect on the shaping of much of women's classical writing over the course of the century* Caroline M. Jackson-Houlston The Gaskin Journel *
This is a well-judged and richly informed book... * Elaine Jordan, Essays in Criticism *
...written in an elegant and engaging style...Hurst's examination is a most welcome addition to the Classical Presences series and to reception studies more generally. * Kathleen Riley, Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
the book presents a fascinating study of women's education and women's writing in the 19th century, which should lead to a new appreciation of these authors' achievements and literary output. * Marlena Whiting, Arctos *
This is a well-judged and richly informed book... * Elaine Jordan, Essays in Criticism *
...written in an elegant and engaging style...Hurst's examination is a most welcome addition to the Classical Presences series and to reception studies more generally. * Kathleen Riley, Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
the book presents a fascinating study of women's education and women's writing in the 19th century, which should lead to a new appreciation of these authors' achievements and literary output. * Marlena Whiting, Arctos *
Isobel Hurst is Tutor in English and Classics at the Universities of Oxford and Warwick.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780199283514 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199283516 |
| Title | Victorian Women Writers and the Classics |
| Author | Isobel Hurst |
| Series | Classical Presences |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2006-09-14 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |