Sandra J Peacock
Biographic Data
| ID | 705528 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sandra J Peacock |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sandra J |
| FAMILY NAME | Peacock |
| SIGNATURE | PEACOCK S J |
| AFFILIATIONS | a Georgia Southern University Department of History , PO Box 8054, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro , GA 30460-8054 , USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Struggling with the daimon
In 1935, the British scholar Eliza M. Butler published The Tyranny of Greece Over Germany, in which she explored the appeal of Greek art and poetry to modern German writers. She argued that Hellenism had exerted a baleful influence on German literature and culture, and that Germans were especially—even dangerously—susceptible to the power of ideas. In her view, the most dangerous Hellenic concept to German culture and society was the daimon, whic…
From “Epilogue” to Epilegomena
George Bernard Shaw once fancied a dramatic rebuke against the garish religiosity of Lourdes: “I should like to bring a huge procession of atheists and unite myself to Jane Harrison by civil regist
Biography and Autobiography in Eliza Butler's Sheridan, A Ghost Story
Eliza Butler's 1931 biography of Richard Brinsley Sheridan anticipates current debates in the art of lifewriting. Her experiments with narrative and thematic structures prefigure recent biographical strategies, and her musings on the relationship between past and present parallel current concerns. When read with her own autobiography, Butler's Sheridan reveals a lively interplay between biographer and subject
Victoria
The Savage Within
Jane Ellen Harrison
The Savage Within
Struggling with the daimon
In 1935, the British scholar Eliza M. Butler published The Tyranny of Greece Over Germany, in which she explored the appeal of Greek art and poetry to modern German writers. She argued that Hellenism had exerted a baleful influence on German literature and culture, and that Germans were especially—even dangerously—susceptible to the power of ideas. In her view, the most dangerous Hellenic concept to German culture and society was the daimon, whic…
Jane Ellen Harrison
The Savage Within
Victoria
Biography and Autobiography in Eliza Butler's Sheridan, A Ghost Story
Eliza Butler's 1931 biography of Richard Brinsley Sheridan anticipates current debates in the art of lifewriting. Her experiments with narrative and thematic structures prefigure recent biographical strategies, and her musings on the relationship between past and present parallel current concerns. When read with her own autobiography, Butler's Sheridan reveals a lively interplay between biographer and subject
From “Epilogue” to Epilegomena
George Bernard Shaw once fancied a dramatic rebuke against the garish religiosity of Lourdes: “I should like to bring a huge procession of atheists and unite myself to Jane Harrison by civil regist
Struggling with the daimon
In 1935, the British scholar Eliza M. Butler published The Tyranny of Greece Over Germany, in which she explored the appeal of Greek art and poetry to modern German writers. She argued that Hellenism had exerted a baleful influence on German literature and culture, and that Germans were especially—even dangerously—susceptible to the power of ideas. In her view, the most dangerous Hellenic concept to German culture and society was the daimon, whic…
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