Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
1: Introduction
2: Female Orpheus: Virgil in Contemporary Women's Poetry
3: Ruth Fainlight4
4: Eavan Boland
5: Michèl Roberts
6: Margaret Drabble
7: A.S. Byatt
8: Christa Wolf
9: Monique Wittig
10: Joyce Carol Oates
11: Janet Lembke
12: Ursula Le Guin
13: Conclusion
Bibliography

About the Author

Fiona Cox is currently Lecturer in French at the University of Exeter, where her research interests include classical reception, modern French literature, and contemporary women's writing.

Reviews

A bibliography (especially rich) and index round out a success for Cox and Oxford University Press, a book that should be on the shelf of every Virgilian, indeed every lover of evocative verse and its reception by gifted artists.
*Lee Fratantuono, Bryn Mawr Classical Review*

Coxs impressive work, with its catchy but accurate title, opens an exciting new perspective upon Virgil and Latin literature generally.
*Theodore Ziolkowski, Translation and Literature*

an accessible and enjoyable read ... an indispensible reference point for classical allusions in contemporary women's fiction.
*Holly Ranger, Rosetta*