Persephone Rises, 18601927: Mythography, Gender, and the Creation of a New Spirituality

by Margot K . Louis (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2009

  $151.60

  Over the course of the nineteenth century, the figure of Persephone rapidly evolved from what was essentially a decorative metaphor into a living goddess who embodied the most spiritual aspects of ancient Greek religion. This book surveys the Persephone myth in English and American literature of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.