Title The mirror of antiquity : American women and the classical tradition, 1750-1900 / Caroline Winterer.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	HQ1418 .W56 2007	Available	---

Description	xii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
Subject	Upper class women -- United States -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
	Upper class women.
	United States.
	Intellectual life.
Chronological Term	18th century
Subject	Upper class women -- United States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Classicism -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
	Classicism.
	History.
	Classicism -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Classical education -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
	Classical education.
	Classical education -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Women classicists -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
	Women classicists.
	Women classicists -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	United States -- Civilization -- Classical influences.
	Civilization.
ISBN	9780801441639 cloth alkaline paper
	0801441633 cloth alkaline paper