Troy, Carthage and the Victorians : the drama of classical ruins in the nineteenth-century imaginati...
Troy, Carthage and the Victorians : the drama of classical ruins in the nineteenth-century imaginati...
Troy, Carthage and the Victorians : the drama of classical ruins in the nineteenth-century imagination / Rachel Bryant Davies.
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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G 2019/1692
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Language
English
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Physical content
xix, 383 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue -- Troy and Carthage in the nineteenth century -- Homeric pilgrimage, topography and archaeology -- The Trojan War at the circus -- The Iliad and Aeneid burlesqued -- Carthage and future ruins -- Epilogue: Troy and Carthage as "a beacon and a warning".
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
Playful, popular visions of Troy and Carthage, backdrops to the Iliad and Aeneid's epic narratives, shine the spotlight on antiquity's starring role in nineteenth-century culture. This is the story of how these ruined cities inspired bold reconstructions of the Trojan War and its aftermath, how archaeological discoveries in the Troad and North Afri...
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Troy, Carthage and the Victorians : the drama of classical ruins in the nineteenth-century imagination / Rachel Bryant Davies.
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Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)--University of Cambridge, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2018
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G 2019/1692
Record Identifier
74VKVBMxN4p3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVBMxN4p3
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ISBN
1107192668 hardcover
9781107192669 hardcover
DDC
820.93583921
MMS ID
991024238493402626
