From Paris to Pompeii : French Romanticism and the Cultural Politics of Archaeology /

In the early nineteenth century, as amateur archaeologists excavated Pompeii, Egypt, Assyria, and the first prehistoric sites, a myth arose of archaeology as a magical science capable of unearthing and reconstructing worlds thought to be irretrievably lost. This timely myth provided an urgent antido...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Blix, Göran (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]
Temas:
Archaeology and history.
Archaeology > History > 19th century.
Archaeology > Philosophy.
Archaeology > France > History > 19th century.
Cultural Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French.
Literature.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One: Neoclassical Pompeii
  • Chapter Two: The Antiquarian Comes of Age
  • Chapter Three: The Archaeological Turn
  • Chapter Four: The Specular Past
  • Chapter Five: Body Politics
  • Chapter Six: Lost Worlds and the Archive
  • Chapter Seven: The Uses of Archaeology
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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