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Classical Victorians: Scholars, Scoundrels and Generals in Pursuit of Antiquity: Classics after Antiquity

Autor Edmund Richardson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 sep 2016
Victorian Britain set out to make the ancient world its own. This is the story of how it failed. It is the story of the headmaster who bludgeoned his wife to death, then calmly sat down to his Latin. It is the story of the embittered classical prodigy who turned to gin and opium - and the virtuoso forger who fooled the greatest scholars of the age. It is a history of hope: a general who longed to be an Homeric hero, a bankrupt poet who longed to start a revolution. Victorian classicism was defined by hope - but shaped by uncertainty. Packed with forgotten characters and texts, with the roar of the burlesque-stage and the mud of the battlefield, this book offers a rich insight into nineteenth-century culture and society. It explores just how difficult it is to stake a claim on the past.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781316629345
ISBN-10: 1316629341
Pagini: 244
Ilustrații: 25 b/w illus. 1 map
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.33 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Classics after Antiquity

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

1. Introduction: the resurrection men; 2. Old-fashioned ambition (a Victorian seduction); 3. In search of an empire of memory; 4. The children of Babel; Appendices.

Recenzii

'This is a serious and original contribution to our understanding of the Victorian age, fine in nuance, rich in detail; it is also beautifully written, with wit and verve, and a combination of skepticism and - although this is a book on the pursuit of antiquity - high romanticism.' Richard Jenkyns, Common Knowledge
'[An] engagingly written and entertaining study … As soon as I began to read, I was swiftly drawn into Richardson's narrative and responded enthusiastically to the lives and activities of his characters and themes. I shall dwell on three particular issues among the wealth of fascinating material. First, the book provides a very well informed and thoughtful contribution to the growing body of work on classical reception … Second, I found the section of the book that focuses on the links between military activity and archaeological research particularly rewarding … Last, [this] book raises the relationship between classics and other scholarly fields. Richardson's stimulating and highly readable book is a delight to read. It is also an excellent volume for the first title in what promises to form a significant new series of books that contemplate horizontal classical reception.' Richard Hingley, The Journal of Roman Studies

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Victorian Britain set out to make the ancient world its own. This is the story of how it failed.