Romantic Hellenism and Women Writers [electronic resource] /
Comet, N.author.
Examining popular contexts of Greek revivalism associated with women, Comet challenges the masculine narrative of English Classicism by demonstrating that it thrived in non-male spaces, as an ephemeral ideal that betrayed a distrust of democratic rhetoric that ignored the social inequities of the classical world.
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: From Monumental Fragments to Fragmented Monumentalism; 1 Hellenism and Women's Print Culture: ""The Merit of Brevity""; 2 Lucy Aikin and the Evolution of Greece ""Through Infamy to Fame""; 3 Felicia Hemans and the ""Exquisite Remains"" of Modern Greece; 1 England's ""ancient"" future; 2 Timeless v. Placeless: the verdict on Winckelmann; 3 Coda: Hemans, gender, and the ""classical"" poet;  the reception of Modern Greece; 4 Letitia Landon and the Second Thoughts of Romantic Hellenism; 1 ""The Thessalian Fountain""
2 ""Town and Harbour of Ithaca""3 ""The Banquet of Aspasia and Pericles""; 4 Conclusion; Conclusion: Elizabeth Barrett Browning and the Reception of Romantic Women's Hellenism; Appendixes: Poetry by Letitia Landon; Appendix A: ""The Thessalian Fountain""; Appendix B: ""Town and Harbour of Ithaca""; Appendix C: ""The Banquet of Aspasia and Pericles""; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Examining popular contexts of Greek revivalism associated with women, Comet challenges the masculine narrative of English Classicism by demonstrating that it thrived in non-male spaces, as an ephemeral ideal that betrayed a distrust of democratic rhetoric that ignored the social inequities of the classical world.
British literature.
Literature, Modern—19th century.
Sociology.
Literature, Modern—18th century.
Literature—History and criticism.
Fiction.
British and Irish Literature.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Gender Studies.
Eighteenth-Century Literature.
Literary History.
Fiction.