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Preface. The Eighteenth Century. 1. Gibbon's Historical Imagination. 2. Gibbon on Civil War and Rebellion in the Decline of the Roman Empire. 3. Reflections on Gibbon's Library. 4. Watchmen: Gibbon's Autobiographies. 5. Suetonius in the Eighteenth Century. 6. The Rediscovery of Hercul...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bowersock, G. W. (Glen Warren), 1936-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
1700-1999
HISTORY.
Civilization
Civilization > Classical influences
Europe > History.
Europe > Civilization > Classical influences.
Europe > Civilization > 18th century.
Europe > Civilization > 19th century.
Europe > Civilization > 20th century.
Europe > Histoire.
Europe > Civilisation > 18e siècle.
Europe > Civilisation > 19e siècle.
Europe > Civilisation > 20e siècle.
Europe
History
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Preface. The Eighteenth Century. 1. Gibbon's Historical Imagination. 2. Gibbon on Civil War and Rebellion in the Decline of the Roman Empire. 3. Reflections on Gibbon's Library. 4. Watchmen: Gibbon's Autobiographies. 5. Suetonius in the Eighteenth Century. 6. The Rediscovery of Herculaneum and Pompeii. The Nineteenth Century. 7. Sign Language. 8. Berlioz, Virgil, and Rome. 9. Edward Lear in Petra. 10. Burckhardt on Late Antiquity. The Twentieth Century. 11. The New Old World. 12. The Julian Poems of C.P. Cavafy. 13. Cavafy and Apollonios. 14. The New Cavafy. 15. The Later Momigliano. 16. A Mo.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 240 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-223) and index.
ISBN:9780199704071
0199704074
1281998575
9781281998576
9786611998578
6611998578

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