Troy, Carthage and the Victorians : the drama of classical ruins in the nineteenth-century imagination

1. Verfasser: Davies, Rachel Bryant, , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Umfang/Format: xix, 383 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
Schlagworte:
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Troy (Extinct city) > In literature.
Trojan War > Literature and the war.
English literature > Classical influences.
Carthage (Extinct city) > In literature.
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Prologue
  • Troy and Carthage in the nineteenth century
  • Homeric pilgrimage, topography and archaeology
  • The Trojan War at the circus
  • The Iliad and Aeneid burlesqued
  • Carthage and future ruins
  • Epilogue: Troy and Carthage as "a beacon and a warning".

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