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Steely-Eyed Athena: Wilmer Cave Wright and the Advent of Female Classicists

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By (author): David Neal Greenwood

This monograph uses the life and work of ground-breaking female classicist, Wilmer Cave Wright, to examine several questions about the rise of women in that discipline. First, what went into the creation of a classics scholar under circumstances that would seem to preclude that? Second, why was it arguably Wrights time in Chicago that was her formative experience and period? Third, why did Wright want so desperately to leave Bryn Mawr, and then stay and pour herself into her students? Fourth, through what lens did she approach the evidence of classical literature, and did it make a difference? Fifth, how did Wright survive the Thomas years at Bryn Mawr? Sixth, why did she abruptly abandon her long-term project on Libanius of Antioch? Seventh, what led her to suddenly switch from classical Greek literature to translating medieval Latin medical texts?   Wright's journey from Mason College to Girton College, Cambridge, the University of Chicago, and Bryn Mawr College is placed into historical context. Throughout, the significance of Wrights work, particularly on the life of the Emperor Julian, is assessed. The author is a research fellow at the University of St Andrews, and the author of Julian and Christianity (Cornell) as well as numerous articles in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Classical Quarterly, and Classical Philology. See more
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  • Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
  • Publication Date: 28 Feb 2022
  • Publisher: Cambridge Philological Society
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781913701420

About David Neal Greenwood

David Neal Greenwood (Ph.D. Edinburgh; FRHistS) is a research fellow at the University of St Andrews and the author of Julian and Christianity (Cornell University Press).

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