June Rachuy Brindel
Author of Ariadne
Works by June Rachuy Brindel
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1919-06-05
1919-01-01 - Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Little Rock, Iowa, USA
- Places of residence
- Wilmette, Illinois, USA
- Education
- University of Chicago (BA | 1945)
University of Chicago (MA | 1958) - Occupations
- historical novelist
feminist
playwright
drama teacher - Organizations
- National Council of Teachers of English
College English Association
Phi Beta Kappa
Members
Reviews
A poor example of a retelling: the Phaedra/Theseus/Hippolytus myth. Told in the voice of one of Phaedra's servants and from her viewpoint, it was too feminist for me and strayed too far from the original myth. Basically, I felt the author was trying to give her interpretation of how worship of a Mother Goddess was suppressed and supplanted by a mostly masculine pantheon. Story was too outlandish and I had no sympathy for any of the characters.
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Ancient Crete (2)
Statistics
- Works
- 4
- Members
- 115
- Popularity
- #170,830
- Rating
- 3.3
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 6
Read originally in June 2015, my opinion has definitely not changed this time around!… (more)