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The Mirror of Antiquity : American Women and the Classical Tradition, 1750-1900 /

"In The Mirror of Antiquity, Caroline Winterer uncovers the lost world of American women's classicism during its glory days in the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries. Overturning the widely held belief that classical learning and political ideals were relevant only to men, she follows...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Winterer, Caroline, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The female world of classicism in eighteenth-century America
  • The rise of the Roman matron, 1770-1790
  • Daughters of Columbia, 1780-1800
  • Grecian luxury, 1800-1830
  • Climbing Parnassus, 1790-1850
  • The Greek slave, 1830-1865
  • Antigone and the twilight of female classicism, 1850-1900.