Sibylline Sisters - Virgil's Presence in Contemporary Women's Writing

Zusatztext an accessible and enjoyable read ... an indispensible reference point for classical allusions in contemporary women's fiction. Informationen zum Autor Fiona Cox is currently Lecturer in French at the University of Exeter, where her research interests include classical reception, modern French literature, and contemporary women's writing. Klappentext Women writers are turning to Virgil and alluding to his poetry in a bid to explore modern preoccupations and concerns. Through an analysis of Virgil's presence in the work of contemporary women writers, this book identifies a new Virgil: one who speaks in female tones of the anxieties, pleasures, and threats of the contemporary world. Zusammenfassung Women writers are turning to Virgil and alluding to his poetry in a bid to explore modern preoccupations and concerns. Through an analysis of Virgil's presence in the work of contemporary women writers, this book identifies a new Virgil: one who speaks in female tones of the anxieties, pleasures, and threats of the contemporary world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements 1: Introduction 2: Female Orpheus: Virgil in Contemporary Women's Poetry 3: Ruth Fainlight4 4: Eavan Boland 5: Michèl Roberts 6: Margaret Drabble 7: A.S. Byatt 8: Christa Wolf 9: Monique Wittig 10: Joyce Carol Oates 11: Janet Lembke 12: Ursula Le Guin 13: Conclusion Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Fiona Cox, Fiona (Lecturer in French at the University of Exeter) Cox
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.09.2011
• EAN: 9780199582969
• ISBN: 978-0-19-958296-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Classical Presences; Classical Presences
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Postwar Period, 1945 To C 2000, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary