LEADER 03087nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910973020603321 005 20251117074506.0 010 $a0-8214-4291-0 035 $a(CKB)2440000000014114 035 $a(OCoLC)646798005 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10276645 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000484923 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11294013 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484923 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10595296 035 $a(PQKB)10997016 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3026975 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3026975 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10276645 035 $a(BIP)36026852 035 $a(BIP)16156211 035 $a(EXLCZ)992440000000014114 100 $a20080418d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHeretical Hellenism $ewomen writers, ancient Greece, and the Victorian popular imagination /$fShanyn Fiske 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAthens $cOhio University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (272 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-8214-1817-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 237-257) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aUncovering the various ways that Victorian women acquired knowledge of Greek literature, history and philosophy without formal classical training, this volume argues that women established the foundations of a heretical challenge to traditional assumptions about classical knowledge and women's place in literary history. 606 $aEnglish literature$xGreek influences 606 $aEnglish literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPopular literature$zGreat Britain$xHistory and criticism 606 $aGreek literature$xAppreciation$zGreat Britain 606 $aHellenism in literature 606 $aClassicism$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xCivilization$xGreek influences 607 $aGreece$xIn literature 615 0$aEnglish literature$xGreek influences. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPopular literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aGreek literature$xAppreciation 615 0$aHellenism in literature. 615 0$aClassicism$xHistory 676 $a820.9/9287 700 $aFiske$b Shanyn$f1974-$01866086 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910973020603321 996 $aHeretical Hellenism$94473363 997 $aUNINA