H. D. And Hellenism - Classic Lines

Klappentext Eileen Gregory explores at length H. D.'s intertextual engagement with specific classical writers Zusammenfassung H. D. and Hellenism: Classic Lines concerns a prominent aspect of the writing of the modern American poet H. D. (Hilda Doolittle): a lifelong engagement with hellenic literature! mythology and art. H. D.'s hellenic intertextuality is examined in the context of classical fictions operative at the turn of the century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Contexts: 1. Modern Classicism and the Theatre of War; 2. The Survival of the Classics; 3. Pagan Mysteries: Walter Pater and Romantic Hellenism; 4. Anthropology and the Return of the Gods: Jane Ellen Harrison; Part II. Classical Intertextuality: 5. H. D. and the Classical Lyric; 6. Euripides: Dream Time and Dream Work; Appendix; Notes; Works Cited; Index.

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• Authors: Eileen Gregory, Eileen (University of Dallas) Gregory
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.04.2009
• EAN: 9780521106764
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10676-4
• No. of pages: 340
• Series: Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture; Cambridge Studies in American; Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies