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
Formats: Print
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

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