Romantic Hellenism and Women Writers (Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print)
Noah Comet
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Description for Romantic Hellenism and Women Writers (Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print)
Hardcover. Examining popular contexts of Greek revivalism associated with women, Comet challenges the masculine narrative of English Classicism by demonstrating that it thrived in non-male spaces, as an ephemeral ideal that betrayed a distrust of democratic rhetoric that ignored the social inequities of the classical world. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
Examining popular contexts of Greek revivalism associated with women, Comet challenges the masculine narrative of English Classicism by demonstrating that it thrived in non-male spaces, as an ephemeral ideal that betrayed a distrust of democratic rhetoric that ignored the social inequities of the classical world.
Examining popular contexts of Greek revivalism associated with women, Comet challenges the masculine narrative of English Classicism by demonstrating that it thrived in non-male spaces, as an ephemeral ideal that betrayed a distrust of democratic rhetoric that ignored the social inequities of the classical world.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print
Number of Pages
167
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137304971
SKU
V9781137304971
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99-15
About Noah Comet
Noah Comet is Assistant Professor of English and an award-winning teacher at the Ohio State University, USA. His research interests include Romantic poetry and poetics, women writers, and the reception of classical antiquity. His other publications include articles on pedagogy and an online concordance to Keats's poetry.
Reviews for Romantic Hellenism and Women Writers (Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print)
"...a refreshing new look at Greek influences in the Romantic period... While the three chapters on Aikin, Hemans, and Landon are examples of scholarship at its most impressive, innovative, and convincing, my favourite chapters are, after Comet's simply remarkable and articulate 'Introduction', the first chapter, 'Hellenism and Women's Print Culture', and the final pages, 'Conclusion: Elizabeth Barrett Browning and the ... Read more