Sibylline sisters
Subtitle: Virgil's presence in contemporary women's writing
By: [compiled and edited by] Fiona Cox
Series: Classical presences; Classical presences
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780199582969
Subjects: Women authors; Influence
Description: Through an analysis of Virgil's presence in the work of contemporary women writers from North America, Britain, Ireland and continental Europe, this book identifies a new Virgil: one who speaks in female tones of the anxieties, exclusions pleasures and threats of the contemporary world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-279) and index.