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Life and Work of Jane Ellen Harrison

Annabel Robinson
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      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.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Annabel Robinson EAN: 9780199242337 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 584 g HEIGHT: 241 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2002-05-23 CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General WIDTH: 162 cm SPINE:

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      Ancient Greece, Biography: general, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Social discrimination and social justice, Feminism and feminist theory, Higher education, tertiary education

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      Annabel Harrison is Associate Professor of Classics, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
      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.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Annabel Robinson EAN: 9780199242337 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 584 g HEIGHT: 241 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2002-05-23 CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General WIDTH: 162 cm SPINE:

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      Ancient Greece, Biography: general, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Social discrimination and social justice, Feminism and feminist theory, Higher education, tertiary education

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

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