{"product_id":"the-life-and-work-of-jane-ellen-harrison-9780199242337","title":"The Life and Work of Jane Ellen Harrison","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a biography of Jane Ellen Harrison (1850-1928), who spent most of her life at Newnham College, Cambridge, and was renowned for her work on Greek art and religion. Despite many difficulties, both academic and personal, her brilliant mind and strength of character enabled her to open up new possibilities for academic women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnnabel Robinson has written an excellent, readable biography of this fascinating woman ... I compliment Robinson for crafting a cohesive and persuasive portrait of an extraordinary woman. * MODERNISM\/modernity *\u003cbr\u003e... authoritative biography ... well researched. * Woolf Studies Annual *\u003cbr\u003eThe Life and Work of Jane Ellen Harrison is a well-written and lively account of this pivotal figure, one that should interest classical scholars, historians of women , and intellectual historians alike. * The Journal of Classics Teaching *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface ; 1. Origins; 1850-74 ; 2. A Room of Her Own; Newnham College 1874-9 ; 3. 'Salvationist for Greek Art': London 1879-86 ; 4. Mythology and monuments: Greece and London, 1886-99 ; 5. Women and Knowledge: Newnham 1898 - 1901 ; 6. Ker and heiron: Jane Harrison and Gilbert Murray 1901-3 ; 7. Prolegomena to the study of Greek religion: Newnham 1903-6 ; 8. The Pillar and the Maiden: Newnham 1906-7 ; 9. Crabbed age and youth: Cambridge 1908-9 ; 10. Heresy and humanity; Cambridge 1907-10 ; 11. Unanimism and Conversion: Cambridge and Europe 1910-14 ; 12. Tout passe, tout casse, tout lasse: Cambridge and Paris 1914-16 ; 13. Via crucis, via lucis: Cambridge, France, Spain, and London 1916-28","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766985490775,"sku":"9780199242337","price":165.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780199242337.jpg?v=1758711936","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-life-and-work-of-jane-ellen-harrison-9780199242337","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}