New Woman Utopian Fiction Anthology

Queen of the Amazons Annotation

A painting entitled "Queen of the Amazons Attacked by a Lion". Amazonian imagery fascinated many Victorian writers; New Women writers generally took exception in opposition to the warlike nature of Amazons, but Mary Coleridge uses Amazonian imagery in her poem. Currier, Nathaniel. Queen of the Amazons Attacked by a Lion. 19th century. Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco. Catalog of Art Museum Images Online. Web. 1 November 2016.

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