The lost girls : Demeter-Persephone and the literary imagination, 1850-1930 /
The Lost Girls analyses a number of British writers between 1850 and 1930 for whom the myth of Demeter's loss and eventual recovery of her cherished daughter Kore-Persephone, swept off in violent and catastrophic captivity by Dis, God of the Dead, had both huge personal and aesthetic significan...
| Основен автор: | Radford, Andrew D., 1972- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Amsterdam ; New York :
Rodopi,
2007.
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| Серия: |
Text (Rodopi (Firm)) ;
53. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=212266 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Lost girls. |
| Резюме: |
The Lost Girls analyses a number of British writers between 1850 and 1930 for whom the myth of Demeter's loss and eventual recovery of her cherished daughter Kore-Persephone, swept off in violent and catastrophic captivity by Dis, God of the Dead, had both huge personal and aesthetic significance. This book, in addition to scrutinising canonical and less well-known texts by male authors such as Thomas Hardy, E.M. Forster, and D.H. Lawrence, also focuses on unjustly neglected women writers - Mary Webb and Mary Butts - who utilised occult tropes to relocate themselves culturally, and especiall. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (356 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-349) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781435611931 1435611934 9042022353 9789042022355 |
| ISSN: |
0927-5754 ; |