American women and classical myths / Gregory A. Staley, editor
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| Subjects: | American literature--Women authors--Classical influences American literature--Greek influences American literature--Roman influences Mythology, Classical, in literature Women in literature Women--Mythology Classicism--United States United States--Civilization--Classical influences |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2009 |
| LC Classification: | P, PS |
| Additional Authors: | Staley, Gregory Allan |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2008011910 ISBN: 9781932792850 (alk. paper) ISBN: 1932792856 (alk. paper) Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-272) and index Contents: Examples of classical myth in the poems of Phillis Wheatley / Julian Mason -- Margaret Fuller and her timeless friends / Marie Cleary -- H.D., daughter of Helen : mythology as actuality / Heila Murnaghan -- Those two or three human stories : Willa Cather, classical myth, and the new world epic / Mary R. Ryder -- Edith Hamilton and Greco-Roman mythology / Judith P. Hallett -- Liberating woman : Athena as cultural icon in the United States / Elzbieta Foeller-Pituch -- Victorian Antigone : classicism and women's education in America, 1840-1900 / Caroline Winterer -- The figure of Penelope in twentieth-century poetry by American women / Lillian E. Doherty -- The Amazons : wonder women in America / Gregory A. Staley |
| Physical Description: | xi, 282 p. : ill. ; 23 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 219567424 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 9781932792850 1932792856 |