Classical Victorians : scholars, scoundrels and generals in pursuit of antiquity / / Edmund Richardson [[electronic resource]]
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| Autore: |
Richardson Edmund <1982->
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| Titolo: |
Classical Victorians : scholars, scoundrels and generals in pursuit of antiquity / / Edmund Richardson [[electronic resource]]
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xvi, 227 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina: | 937.0072/041 |
| Soggetto topico: | Classicism - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain Intellectual life 19th century |
| Great Britain History 19th century Biography | |
| Great Britain Civilization Greek influences | |
| Great Britain Civilization Roman influences | |
| Note generali: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Classical Victorians |
| ISBN: | 1-107-23667-3 |
| 1-139-61080-5 | |
| 1-139-60907-6 | |
| 1-139-61266-2 | |
| 1-139-62196-3 | |
| 1-283-98669-8 | |
| 1-139-62568-3 | |
| 1-139-20859-4 | |
| 1-139-61638-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910462791603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Classics after antiquity.