Reminiscences of a student's life
(Book)
Contributors
Mendelsohn, Daniel, writer of foreward
Format
Book
Edition
First McNally Editions Paperback
Status
Biographies
BIOG HARRISON
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Edition
First McNally Editions Paperback
Physical Desc
84 pages : portraits ; 22 cm
Language
English
Notes
Description
First published by Virginia and Leonard Woolf in 1925, Jane Ellen Harrison's Reminiscences are the irreverent memoirs of a student who declared Victorian education "ingeniously useless," who blazed a trail for female scholars, and who changed the way we see the ancient world. Growing up in the Yorkshire countryside, Harrison showed an early aptitude for languages: by the age of seventeen, with the help of a governess, she had learned Greek, Latin, German, and some Hebrew. ("Unfortunately, having no guide, we began with the Psalms, which are hard nuts to crack.") She went on to become the most influential Classicist of her generation. Drawing on the insights of Nietzsche, Bergson, and Freud, and on archaeological research, she helped to revolutionize the study of Greek myth. "The great Mother," she wrote, "is prior to male divinities." Unconventional in her private life ("By what miracle I escaped marriage I do not know, for all my life I fell in love"), she spent her later years with the poet and novelist Hope Mirrlees, thirty-seven years her junior. Harrison's zest for life is everywhere in these pages. Sprightly, amused, and amusing, her Reminiscences form an unforgettable sketch of a woman ahead of her time. -- Provided by publisher
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Harrison, J. E., & Mendelsohn, D. (2024). Reminiscences of a student's life (First McNally Editions Paperback). McNally Editions.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Harrison, Jane Ellen, 1850-1928 and Daniel, Mendelsohn. 2024. Reminiscences of a Student's Life. McNally Editions.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Harrison, Jane Ellen, 1850-1928 and Daniel, Mendelsohn. Reminiscences of a Student's Life McNally Editions, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Harrison, Jane Ellen, and Daniel Mendelsohn. Reminiscences of a Student's Life First McNally Editions Paperback, McNally Editions, 2024.
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