Victorian Culture and Classical Antiquity : Art, Opera, Fiction, and the Proclamation of Modernity /

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How did the Victorians engage with the ancient world? Victorian Culture and Classical Antiquity is a brilliant 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 politi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goldhill, Simon
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Opera > Classical influences.
Intellectual life.
English literature > Classical influences.
Civilization > Classical influences.
Civilization.
Art, Victorian.
Art, British > Classical influences.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
HISTORY.
Art britannique > Influence ancienne.
Art victorien > Grande-Bretagne.
Litterature anglaise > 19e siecle > Influence ancienne.
Art, Victorian > Great Britain.
English literature > 19th century > Classical influences.
Great Britain.
Grande-Bretagne > Civilisation > Influence ancienne.
Grande-Bretagne > Civilisation > 19e siecle.
Grande-Bretagne > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siecle.
Great Britain > Civilization > Classical influences.
Great Britain > Civilization > 19th century.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 19th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Art and desire
  • pt. 2. Music and cultural politics
  • pt. 3. Fiction : Victorian novels of ancient Rome.

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