Gendering classicism
the ancient world in twentieth-century women's historical fiction
by Ruth Hoberman
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Gendering Classicism explores the intersection of feminism, historical fiction, and modernism through the work of six writers, all of whom wrote historical novels set in ancient Greece or Rome: Naomi Mitchison, Mary Butts, Laura Riding, Phyllis Bentley, Bryher, and Mary Renault.
As women gained access to higher education in the late nineteenth century, they gained access also to the classical learning that had for so long demarcated and legitimated the British ruling classes. Steeped in misogyny, the classical tradition presented educated women with a massive project: the recasting of that tradition in terms that acknowledged the existence of women - as historical agents and interpreters of the historical past.
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Civilization, Ancient, in literature, Civilization, Classical, in literature, Classical influences, Classicism, English Historical fiction, English fiction, English literature, Historical fiction, English, History, History and criticism, In literature, Women and literature, Women authors, Literature, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, LITERARY CRITICISM, European, Historical fiction, history and criticism, English fiction, women authors, English fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, Rome, in literature, Femmes et littérature, Histoire, Roman anglais, Histoire et critique, Classicisme, Influence ancienne, Civilisation ancienne dans la littératurePlaces
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Gendering classicism: the ancient world in twentieth-century women's historical fiction
1997, State University of New York Press
in English
0791433358 9780791433355
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-191) and index.
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