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Victorian Culture and Classical Antiquity: Art, Opera, Fiction, and the Proclamation of Modernity Hardcover - 2011
by Simon Goldhill
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"Goldhill's richly textured, skillfully argued, and improbably erudite journey through France, Germany, and Great Britain in the Victorian period will rightfully place him at the forefront of the burgeoning field of reception studies. Examining the varied, often wildly different influences of Greece and Rome in art, music, and fiction, with a glance at historiography, he situates the study of the classics in the political, social, intellectual, and religious currents of the time, with often surprising results. Whether revisiting opera performances, art exhibitions, or popular cultural icons such as Ben Hur or The Last Days of Pompeii, as well as the uses to which they were put in the hallowed halls of academe and seats of political power, this book is certain to open new ways of understanding how we study and evaluate the manifold meanings of the past."--Froma Zeitlin, Princeton University
"The book is wonderfully written with lots of verve and lucidity, and it dives sensitively into a rich pool of archival material with a good deal of erudition."--James I. Porter, University of California, Irvine
"In this brilliant and wide-ranging book, Goldhill explores the cultural politics of classical reception from a broadly interdisciplinary perspective. He is a voracious reader with a wonderful eye for detail, moving across various literary genres and media--including music and the visual arts--to illuminate popular discourses and scholarly polemics surrounding classics in the nineteenth century. This is a dynamic engagement with Victorian ideas about classical antiquity, far from antiquarian in its appeal."--Yopie Prins, University of Michigan
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- Title Victorian Culture and Classical Antiquity: Art, Opera, Fiction, and the Proclamation of Modernity
- Author Simon Goldhill
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 360
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
- Date 2011-08-07
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780691149844 / 0691149844
- Weight 1.75 lbs (0.79 kg)
- Dimensions 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.2 in (23.62 x 16.51 x 3.05 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: British
- Interdisciplinary Studies: Classics
- Library of Congress subjects Great Britain - Intellectual life - 19th, Great Britain - Civilization - 19th century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010049711
- Dewey Decimal Code 941.081
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- Choice, 02/01/2012, Page 0
- New York Times Book Review, 04/24/2014, Page 54
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