Women Writers and the Dark Side of Late Victorian Hellenism

Women Writers and the Dark Side of Late Victorian Hellenism

by T.D.Olverson (Author)

Synopsis

Examining the appropriation of transgressive, violent female figures from ancient Greek literature and myth by late Victorian writers, Olverson reveals the extent to which ancient antagonists like the murderous Medea and the sinister Circe were employed as a means to protest against and comment upon contemporary social and political institutions.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 248
Edition: 2010
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 19 Nov 2009

ISBN 10: 0230215599
ISBN 13: 9780230215597