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491 pages illustrations 25 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Edith Hamilton (1867–1963) didn’t publish her first book until she was sixty-two. But over the next three decades, this former headmistress would become the twentieth century’s most famous interpreter of the classical world. Today, Hamilton’s Mythology (1942) remains the standard version of ancient tales and sells tens of thousands of copies a year. During the Cold War, her influence even extended to politics, as she argued that postwar America could learn from the fate of Athens after its victory in the Persian Wars. In American Classicist, Victoria Houseman tells the fascinating life story of a remarkable classicist whose ideas were shaped by — and aspired to shape — her times |
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Hamilton, Edith, 1867-1963
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Kvinnliga författare
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Women classicists -- United States -- Biography
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Förenta staterna
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Biografier
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Biographies
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| Classmark |
880.092
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9780691236186 inbunden |
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