Women writers and the dark side of late victorian hellenism authors t d olverson book 3 citations 3 mentions 513 downloads log in to check access buy ebook usd 7999 instant download readable on all devices own it forever local sales tax included if applicable buy physical book learn about institutional subscriptions chapters table of contents 7 chapters about about this . With women writers and the dark side of hellenism t d olverson adds to a growing body of work on victorian women writers and hellenism arguing that these writers found in fierce female figures of ancient drama a powerful way to articulate the disparities in civil status between men and women in victorian society and home by appropriating. Women writers and the dark side of late victorian hellenism olverson t isbn 9780230215597 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Examining the appropriation of transgressive violent female figures from ancient greek literature and myth by late victorian writers olverson reveals the extent to which ancient antagonists like the murderous medea and the sinister circe were employed as a means to protest against and comment upon contemporary social and political institutions