Romantic antiquity : Rome in the British imagination, 1789-1832 /

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This title examines how Romantic-period writers deploy Roman republican precedents to constitute their vision of literary and political modernity, arguing that Rome is relevant to the Romantic period not as the continuation of an earlier neoclassicism, but rather as a concept that is simultaneously...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Sachs, Jonathan
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Zusammenfassung:
This title examines how Romantic-period writers deploy Roman republican precedents to constitute their vision of literary and political modernity, arguing that Rome is relevant to the Romantic period not as the continuation of an earlier neoclassicism, but rather as a concept that is simultaneously transformed and transformative.
Umfang:
1 online resource (317 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-970449-X
Schlagworte:
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
History in literature.
Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
English literature > Roman influences.
Romanticism > Great Britain.
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