Rising from the ruins : Roman antiquities in neoclassic literature /

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The neoclassic tendency to write about the ruins of Rome was both an attempt to recapture the grandeur of the "golden age" of man as well as a lament for the passing of a great civilization. John Dyer, who wrote The Ruins of Rome in 1740, was largely responsible for the eighteenth-century...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Swaffield, Bruce C. (Bruce Carl)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2009.
Subjects:
Dyer, John, > 1700?-1758. > Ruins of Rome.
1700-1799
Ruins in literature.
English poetry > 18th century > History and criticism.
Neoclassicism (Literature) > Great Britain.
Ruines dans la littérature.
Poésie anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Néoclassicisme (Littérature) > Grande-Bretagne.
Literature & literary studies.
Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800.
Literary studies: poetry & poets.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English poetry.
Literature.
Neoclassicism (Literature)
Antike
Neuklassizismus
Rezeption
Ruine > Motiv > Lyrik > englische.
Altertum > Motiv > Lyrik > englische.
Lyrik > englische > Motiv > Altertum.
Lyrik > englische > Motiv > Ruine.
Lyrik > englische > Motiv > Rom.
Lyrik > englische > Romantik.
poésie anglaise > Rome > 18e s.
Rome > In literature.
Great Britain.
Rome (Empire)
Rom > Motiv > Lyrik > englische.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; APPENDIX D; APPENDIX E; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

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