The Life and Work of Jane Ellen Harrison - Couverture rigide

Robinson, Annabel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 019924233X ISBN 13 : 9780199242337

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2002

Synopsis

A rebel against Victorian mores, Jane Ellen Harrison (1850-1928) became one of the first women to hold a research fellowship at Cambridge. A friend of such distinguished figures as Gilbert Murray and Francis Cornford, she was renowned for her public lectures on Greek art, for her books on Greek religion and mythology, and for her unconventional and outspoken views.

In her application of anthropology to classical studies, Harrison stirred up controversy amongst her academic colleagues, while, at the same time, influencing many writers, including Yeats, D. H. Lawrence, and Virginia Woolf. Driven by the conviction that the study of primitive Greek culture was an intensely practical enterprise, addressing the fundamental emotional needs of all people, she set her academic research in the broader context of human life. Her work on Greek religion is really a critique of all religion.

Although she was a powerful role model for academic women and addressed issues which were central to the women's movement, when it came to women's rights, her own views were not always in keeping with those of her suffragist contemporaries. Harrison wrote not to champion any cause, but out of a passionate desire to share what she believed to be important and true. In so doing, she both opened up new possibilities for academic women and made a considerable contribution to classical studies.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Annabel Harrison is Associate Professor of Classics, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 019924233X
• ISBN 13: 9780199242337
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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