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Graeco-Roman Antiquity and the Idea of Nationalism in the 19th Century : Case Studies.

This interdisciplinary volume explains the phenomenon of nationalism in 19th-century Europe through the prism of Graeco-Roman antiquity. Through a series of case studies covering a broad range of source material, it demonstrates the different purposes the heritage of the classical world was put to d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: F?ogen, Thorsten
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: De Gruyter, 2016-05-23 00:00:00.0.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Copyright References
  • Graeco-Roman Antiquity and the Idea of Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century: Introduction
  • Classical Ideals and the Formation of Modern Nations in Europe
  • Making Nations in the Image of Greece: Classical Greek Conceptions of the Body in the Construction of National Identity in Nineteenth-Century England, France and Germany
  • 'Je viens comme Thémistocle': Napoleon and National Identity after Waterloo
  • The Emperor's Caesar: Napoleon III, Karl Marx and the History of Julius Caesar
  • Faithful unto Death: Militarism, Masculinity and National Identity in Victorian Britain
  • Constructing the Nation and Empire: Victorian and Edwardian Images of the Building of Roman Fortifications
  • Henry Courteney Selous' Boadicea and the Westminster Cartoon Competition
  • A Nation Finds its People: Friedrich Kohlrausch, New Readers and Readings of Tacitus' Germania and the Rise of a Popular German Nationalism
  • Hermann the German: Nineteenth-Century Monuments and Histories
  • Arminius in Bohemia: Two Uses of Tacitus in Czech Art
  • Classical Translations and Strands of Irish Nationalism
  • Contributors
  • Index rerum
  • Index nominum (personarum)
  • Index locorum.