Women Writers and the Dark Side of Late-Victorian Hellenism

Examining the appropriation of transgressive, violent female figures from ancient Greek literature and myth by late Victorian writers, Olverson reveals the extent to which ancient antagonists like the murderous Medea and the sinister Circe were employed as a means to protest against and comment upon contemporary social and political institutions.

Sommario

Acknowledgements Introduction: Contested Ground: Gender and Victorian Hellenism(s) Taking on the Tradition: Augusta Webster's Feminist Revisionism Amy Levy's Greek Anti-Heroines Worlds Without Women: Emily Pfeiffer's Political Hellenism Old Greek Wine in New Bottles: Michael Field's Dionysiac Poetics Medea's Haunting of the Fin de Siècle Afterword Bibliography Index

Info autore

T.D.OLVERSON is a researcher in nineteenth-century literature and culture, and author of essays on women's travel writing, Victorian poetry and nineteenth-century children's literature.

Riassunto

Examining the appropriation of transgressive, violent female figures from ancient Greek literature and myth by late Victorian writers, Olverson reveals the extent to which ancient antagonists like the murderous Medea and the sinister Circe were employed as a means to protest against and comment upon contemporary social and political institutions.

Testo aggiuntivo

'...this book is an important reminder of how valuable fin de siècle women found the violent Greek women and goddesses who burst onto the Attic stage, insisting upon their own point of view.' -Review of English Studies

Relazione

'...this book is an important reminder of how valuable fin de siècle women found the violent Greek women and goddesses who burst onto the Attic stage, insisting upon their own point of view.' -Review of English Studies

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: T Olverson, T. Olverson
• Editore: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9781349303427
• ISBN: 978-1-349-30342-7
• Pagine: 237
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Peso: 317 g
• Illustrazioni: VII, 237 p.
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; B, Gender Studies, Sociology, European History, Literature: history & criticism, Ancient History, Gender studies, gender groups, European Literature, Literature, Modern—19th century, Nineteenth-Century Literature, Literary studies: ancient, classical & medieval, History, Ancient, Classical literature, Classical and Antique Literature, Philology, Classical Studies, British literature, British and Irish Literature, Palgrave Literature Collection, History of Ancient Europe, English literature;gender;women