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Ladies' Greek: Victorian Translations of Tragedy
Yopie Prins
Ladies' Greek: Victorian Translations of Tragedy
Yopie Prins
In Ladies' Greek, Yopie Prins illuminates a culture of female classical literacy that emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century, during the formation of women's colleges on both sides of the Atlantic. Why did Victorian women of letters desire to learn ancient Greek, a "dead" language written in a strange alphabet and no longer spoken? In
312 pages, 30 halftones.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | May 9, 2017 |
ISBN13 | 9780691141893 |
Publishers | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 312 |
Dimensions | 234 × 158 × 25 mm · 540 g |
Language | English |