Victorian culture and classical antiquity : art, opera, fiction, and the proclamation of modernity /...
Victorian culture and classical antiquity : art, opera, fiction, and the proclamation of modernity / Simon Goldhill.
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Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c2011.
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N941.081/97
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English
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Physical content
viii, 352 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Contents
The art of reception: J.W. Waterhouse and the painting of desire in Victorian Britain -- The touch of Sappho -- Who killed Chevalier Gluck? -- Wagner's Greeks: the politics of Hellenism -- For God and empire -- Virgins, lions, and honest pluck -- Only connect!
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Publisher
Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c2011.
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New Jersey
Date Published
c2011.
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Victorian Culture and Classical Antiquity is an exploration of how the ancient worlds of Greece and Rome influenced Victorian culture. Through Victorian art, opera, and novels, Simon Goldhill examines how sexuality and desire, the politics of culture, and the role of religion in society were considered and debated through the Victorian obsession wi...
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Victorian culture and classical antiquity : art, opera, fiction, and the proclamation of modernity / Simon Goldhill.
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Martin classical lectures.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2011.
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N941.081/97
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ISBN
0691149844 (acid-free paper)
9780691149844 (acid-free paper)
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941.081
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991007554629702626