Classical Victorians

"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 virt...

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Glavni autor: Richardson, Edmund, 1982- (-)
Vrsta građe: Knjiga
Jezik: eng
Impresum: Cambridge, [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Nakladnička cjelina: Classics after antiquity
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100 1 |a Richardson, Edmund,  |d 1982- 
245 1 0 |a Classical Victorians :  |b scholars, scoundrels and generals in pursuit of antiquity /  |c Edmund Richardson. 
260 |a Cambridge, [England] ;  |a New York :  |b Cambridge University Press,  |c 2013. 
300 |a 227 str.;  |c 24 cm 
490 0 |a Classics after antiquity 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 8 |a Sadržaj: 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. 
520 |a "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"-- 
520 |a "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"-- 
653 |a Velika Britanija 
653 |a grčki utjecaj 
653 |a rimski utjecaj 
653 |a 19. stoljeće 
653 |a klasicizam 
653 |a viktorijanci 
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