Classical Victorians: Scholars, Scoundrels and Generals in Pursuit of Antiquity

ISBN-13: 9781316629345 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 244 str.

Edmund Richardson

Opis

Victorian Britain set out to make the ancient world its own. This is the story of how it failed.

Recenzje

'[An] engagingly written and entertaining study … As soon as I began to read, I was swiftly drawn into Richardson's narrative and responded enthusiastically to the lives and activities of his characters and themes. I shall dwell on three particular issues among the wealth of fascinating material. First, the book provides a very well informed and thoughtful contribution to the growing body of work on classical reception … Second, I found the section of the book that focuses on the links between military activity and archaeological research particularly rewarding … Last, [this] book raises the relationship between classics and other scholarly fields. Richardson's stimulating and highly readable book is a delight to read. It is also an excellent volume for the first title in what promises to form a significant new series of books that contemplate horizontal classical reception.' Richard Hingley, The Journal of Roman Studies

Spis treści

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.