Fiske, Shanyn, 1974-

Heretical Hellenism women writers, ancient Greece, and the Victorian popular imagination / [electronic resource] : Shanyn Fiske. - Athens : Ohio University Press, c2008. - ix, 262 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-257) and index.

Introduction: Hellenism and heresy -- Victorian Medea: from sensationalism to subjectivity -- Fragments of genius: Charlotte Brontė 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.


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English literature--Greek influences.
English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
Popular literature--History and criticism.--Great Britain
Greek literature--Appreciation--Great Britain.
Hellenism in literature.
Classicism--History--Great Britain--19th century.


Great Britain--Civilization--Greek influences.
Greece--In literature.


Electronic books.

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