LEADER 03262nam 22007092 450 001 9910809475903321 005 20151005020623.0 010 $a1-107-23667-3 010 $a1-139-61080-5 010 $a1-139-60907-6 010 $a1-139-61266-2 010 $a1-139-62196-3 010 $a1-283-98669-8 010 $a1-139-62568-3 010 $a1-139-20859-4 010 $a1-139-61638-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000326627 035 $a(EBL)1099908 035 $a(OCoLC)826333821 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000819570 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11525148 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000819570 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10855434 035 $a(PQKB)10999178 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139208598 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1099908 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1099908 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10645662 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL429919 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000326627 100 $a20111206d2013|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aClassical Victorians $escholars, scoundrels and generals in pursuit of antiquity /$fEdmund Richardson$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 227 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aClassics after antiquity 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-316-62934-1 311 $a1-107-02677-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction: the resurrection men -- 2. Old-fashioned ambition (a Victorian seduction) -- 3. In search of an empire of memory -- 4. The children of Babel. 330 $aVictorian Britain set out to make the ancient world its own. This is the story of how it failed. It is the story of the headmaster who bludgeoned his wife to death, then calmly sat down to his Latin. It is the story of the embittered classical prodigy who turned to gin and opium - and the virtuoso forger who fooled the greatest scholars of the age. It is a history of hope: a general who longed to be an Homeric hero, a bankrupt poet who longed to start a revolution. Victorian classicism was defined by hope - but shaped by uncertainty. Packed with forgotten characters and texts, with the roar of the burlesque-stage and the mud of the battlefield, this book offers a rich insight into nineteenth-century culture and society. It explores just how difficult it is to stake a claim on the past. 410 0$aClassics after antiquity. 606 $aClassicism$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xIntellectual life$y19th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century$vBiography 607 $aGreat Britain$xCivilization$xGreek influences 607 $aGreat Britain$xCivilization$xRoman influences 615 0$aClassicism$xHistory 676 $a937.0072/041 686 $aHIS000000$2bisacsh 700 $aRichardson$b Edmund$f1982-$01716772 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809475903321 996 $aClassical Victorians$94112314 997 $aUNINA