Victorian women writers and the classics : the feminine of Homer /
Hurst, Isobel,1973-
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2006.
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Oxford, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-245) and index.
Encounters with the ancient world in nineteenth century literary culture -- Classical training for the woman writer -- Unscrupulously epic -- Classics and the family in the Victorian novel -- Greek heroines and The wrongs of women -- Revising the Victorians -- Conclusion: on not knowing Greek.
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