H.D., Daughter of Helen: Mythology as Actuality

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dc.contributor.authorMurnaghan, Sheila
dc.contributor.authorMurnaghan, Sheila
dc.date2023-05-17T15:09:26.000
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-22T13:03:55Z
dc.date.available2023-05-22T13:03:55Z
dc.date.issued2009-01-01
dc.date.submitted2016-07-27T11:21:31-07:00
dc.description.abstractFor H.D., classical mythology was an essential means of expression, first acquired in childhood and repossessed throughout her life. H.D.’s extensive output of poems, memoirs, and novels is marked by a pervasive Hellenism which evolved in response to the changing conditions of her life and art, but remained her constant idiom. She saw herself as reliving myth, and she used myth as a medium through which to order her own experience and to rethink inherited ideas. If myth served H.D. as a resource for self-understanding and artistic expression, H.D. herself has served subsequent poets, critics, and scholars as a model for the writer’s ability to reclaim myth, to create something new and personal out of ancient shared traditions.
dc.identifier.citationMurnaghan, Sheila. “H.D., Daughter of Helen: Mythology as Actuality,” in Gregory A. Staley, ed., <em>American Women and Classical Myths</em>, Waco: Baylor University Press, 2009: 63-84.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/8141
dc.legacy.articleid1090
dc.legacy.fulltexturlhttps://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1090&amp;context=classics_papers&amp;unstamped=1
dc.rights<p>© 2009 Baylor University Press. Reprinted with permission by Baylor University Press. Available online at <a href="http://www.baylorpress.com/Book/12/4/American_Women_and_Classical_Myths.html">http://www.baylorpress.com/Book/12/4/American_Women_and_Classical_Myths.html</a>.</p>
dc.source.beginpage63
dc.source.endpage84
dc.source.issue84
dc.source.journalDepartmental Papers (Classical Studies)
dc.source.journaltitleAmerican Women and Classical Myths
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dc.subject.otherArts and Humanities
dc.subject.otherClassics
dc.titleH.D., Daughter of Helen: Mythology as Actuality
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