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Author

Fiske, Shanyn, 1974-

Title Heretical Hellenism [electronic resource] : women writers, ancient Greece, and the Victorian popular imagination / Shanyn Fiske.

Imprint

Athens : Ohio University Press, c2008.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	ix, 262 p.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-257) and index.
Contents	Introduction: Hellenism and heresy -- Victorian Medea: from sensationalism to subjectivity -- Fragments of genius: Charlotte Bronte and the discourse of popular Greek -- Heretical humanism: Romola and Hellenism's distaff legacy -- The Daimon archives: Jane Harrison and the afterlife of dead languages -- Afterword: the First World War and the death of heresy.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	English literature -- Greek influences.
	English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
	English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
	Popular literature -- Great Britain -- History and criticism.
	Greek literature -- Appreciation -- Great Britain.
	Hellenism in literature.
	Classicism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
	Great Britain -- Civilization -- Greek influences.
	Greece -- In literature.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780821418178 (cloth : alk. paper)
	0821418173 (cloth : alk. paper)