03331nam 2200745Ia 450 991080947590332120200520144314.01-107-23667-31-139-61080-51-139-60907-61-139-61266-21-139-62196-31-283-98669-81-139-62568-31-139-20859-41-139-61638-2(CKB)2670000000326627(EBL)1099908(OCoLC)826333821(SSID)ssj0000819570(PQKBManifestationID)11525148(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000819570(PQKBWorkID)10855434(PQKB)10999178(UkCbUP)CR9781139208598(MiAaPQ)EBC1099908(Au-PeEL)EBL1099908(CaPaEBR)ebr10645662(CaONFJC)MIL429919(EXLCZ)99267000000032662720120606d2013 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierClassical Victorians scholars, scoundrels and generals in pursuit of antiquity /Edmund Richardson1st ed.Cambridge, [England] ;New York Cambridge University Press20131 online resource (xvi, 227 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Classics after antiquityTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).1-316-62934-1 1-107-02677-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Classics after antiquity.ClassicismGreat BritainHistory19th centuryGreat BritainIntellectual life19th centuryGreat BritainHistory19th centuryBiographyGreat BritainCivilizationGreek influencesGreat BritainCivilizationRoman influencesClassicismHistory937.0072/041937.0072/041HIS000000bisacshRichardson Edmund1982-1716772MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809475903321Classical Victorians4112314UNINA