| Description |
xi, 214 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-206) and index. |
| Contents |
Myths that matter. Introduction ; Theories of gender, myth, and discourse -- Nineteenth-century mythmaking. Victorian mythographers: Philology to feminism ; Lamia and beyond: Androgyny as gender subversion -- John Ruskin's mythology of gender. "Be no more housewives, but queens": Queen Victoria in Ruskin's domestic mythology ; Gender and the architectonics of metaphor: Ruskin's pathetic fallacy in The Ethics of the Dust ; Athena and the feminization of language. |
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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- Political and social views.
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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. |
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Political and social views. |
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Feminism and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Feminism and literature. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Literature and society. |
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English literature -- Greek influences.
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English literature -- Greek influences. |
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Mythology, Greek, in literature.
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Mythology, Greek, in literature. |
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Gender identity in literature.
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Gender identity in literature. |
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Social norms in literature.
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Social norms in literature. |
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Sex role in literature.
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Sex role in literature. |
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Queens in literature.
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Queens in literature. |
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Myth in literature.
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Myth in literature. |
| ISBN |
0821412353 cloth alkaline paper |
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