Women writers are turning to Virgil and alluding to his poetry in a bid to explore modern preoccupations and concerns. Through an analysis of Virgil's presence in the work of contemporary women writers, this book identifies a new Virgil: one who speaks in female tones of the anxieties, pleasures, and threats of the contemporary world.
Women writers are turning to Virgil and alluding to his poetry in a bid to explore modern preoccupations and concerns. Through an analysis of Virgil's presence in the work of contemporary women writers, this book identifies a new Virgil: one who speaks in female tones of the anxieties, pleasures, and threats of the contemporary world.
Fiona Cox is currently Lecturer in French at the University of Exeter, where her research interests include classical reception, modern French literature, and contemporary women's writing.
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Acknowledgements 1: Introduction 2: Female Orpheus: Virgil in Contemporary Women's Poetry 3: Ruth Fainlight4 4: Eavan Boland 5: Michèl Roberts 6: Margaret Drabble 7: A.S. Byatt 8: Christa Wolf 9: Monique Wittig 10: Joyce Carol Oates 11: Janet Lembke 12: Ursula Le Guin 13: Conclusion Bibliography