Roman Presences: Receptions of Rome in European Culture, 1789-1945

ISBN-13: 9780521591973 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 308 str.

Edwards, Catharine

Opis

Exploring the significance of Rome from the late eighteenth century to 1945, scholars from several disciplines, including English literature and history of art as well as classics, discuss a wide range of images and texts, from statues of Napoleon to Freud's dream analysis. Rome's astonishing range of meanings has made it a fertile paradigm for making sense of--and also for problematizing--history, politics, identity, memory and desire.

Recenzje

'It is an impressive collection … The book … offers a wealth of fascinating material …' Classical and Modern Literature

Spis treści

List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction: shadows and fragments Catharine Edwards; 1. A sense of place: Rome, history and empire revisited Duncan F. Kennedy; 2. Envisioning Rome: Granet and Gibbon in dialogue Stephen Bann; 3. Napoleon I: a new Augustus? Valérie Huet; 4. Translating empire? Macaulay's Rome Catharine Edwards; 5. Comparativism and references to Rome in British imperial attitudes to India Javed Majeed; 6. Decadence and the subversion of empire Norman Vance; 7. The road to ruin: memory, ghosts, moonlight and weeds Chloe Chard; 8. Henry James and the anxiety of Rome John Lyon; 9. 'The monstrous diversion of a show of gladiators': Simeon Solomon's Habet! Elizabeth Prettejohn; 10. Christians and pagans in Victorian novels Frank M. Turner; 11. Screening ancient Rome in the new Italy Maria Wyke; 12. A flexible Rome: Fascism and the cult of romanità Marla Stone; 13. The Nazi concept of Rome Volker Losemann; 14. Ruins of Rome: T. S. Eliot and the presence of the past Charles Martindale; Bibliography; Index.