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Record Nr.

UNISA996217945503316

Autore

Cox Fiona

Titolo

Sibylline sisters [[electronic resource] ] : Virgil's presence in contemporary women's writing / / Fiona Cox

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-42269-7

9786613422699

0-19-161821-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

Classical presences

Classificazione

6,12

Altri autori (Persone)

CoxFiona

Disciplina

809.8928709051

Soggetti

Women authors - 20th century

Women authors - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-279) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.