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The mirror of antiquity : American women and the classical tradition, 1750-1900
- Title
- The mirror of antiquity : American women and the classical tradition, 1750-1900 / Caroline Winterer.
- Author
- Winterer, Caroline, 1966-
- Publication
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.
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- Description
- xii, 242 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Classicism > United States > History > 18th century
- Classical education > United States > History > 19th century
- United States > Civilization > Classical influences
- Women classicists > United States > History > 19th century
- Upper class women > United States > Intellectual life > 19th century
- Women classicists > United States > History > 18th century
- Classical education > United States > History > 18th century
- Upper class women > United States > Intellectual life > 18th century
- Classicism > United States > History > 19th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-233) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 07-5598
- ISBN
- 9780801441639 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0801441633 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006102923
- OCLC
- 77574629
- Author
- Winterer, Caroline, 1966-
- Title
- The mirror of antiquity : American women and the classical tradition, 1750-1900 / Caroline Winterer.
- Imprint
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-233) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFE 07-5598