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The ten essays in this book are concerned with the cultural manifestatons of English Philhellenism in the late 18th and 19th centuries and its effect on Victorian society. The themes are explored in the arts and parallels with contemporary German classicism are discussed.
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0521354803
- ISBN 13 9780521354806
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages280
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 280 pages; The ten essays in this book are concerned with the cultural manifestatons of English Philhellenism in the late 18th and 19th centuries and its effect on Victorian society. The themes are explored in the arts and parallels with contemporary German classicism are discussed. Seller Inventory # 5896
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Rediscovering Hellenism : the Hellenic inheritance and the English imagination / edited by G.W. Clarke ; with the assistance of J.C. Eade
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ISBN 10: 0521354803
ISBN 13: 9780521354806
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1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xiii, 264 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; The question of authenticity in some early accounts of Greece / David Constantine -- 'High Pindaricks upon stilts' / Penelope Wilson -- The Arcadian vision / J. Mordaunt Crook -- Why the Greeks and not the Romans in Victorian Britain? / Frank M. Turner -- Hellenism in Victorian painting / Richard Jenkyns -- The fortunes of Sappho / Peter Tomory -- 'Hebrew' versus 'Hellene' as a principle of literary criticism / Stephen Prickett -- Education, ideology and the ruling class / James Bowen -- Cast-collecting in the nineteenth century / Peter Connor -- Socrates or chorus person? The problem of individuality in Nietzsche's Hellenism / Anthony Stephens. Subjects; To 1899. Hellenism. English literature Greek influences. Greek literature Appreciation Great Britain. Classicism Great Britain. Civilization Greek influences. Classicism - English literature Greek influences. Greek literature Appreciation. Philhellenism Great Britain. English literature Greek influences. Art, Hellenistic. Greek revival (Architecture) Great Britain. Painting, Victorian Greek influences. Classicism Great Britain History 18th century. Classicism Great Britain History 19th century. Arts, Modern 19th century Great Britain. Arts, British Themes, motives. Arts, Modern 19th century Great Britain. Arts, British Themes, motives. Classicism England History 18th century. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 412886
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Rediscovering Hellenism : the Hellenic inheritance and the English imagination / edited by G.W. Clarke ; with the assistance of J.C. Eade
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989
ISBN 10: 0521354803
ISBN 13: 9780521354806
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1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xiii, 264 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; The question of authenticity in some early accounts of Greece / David Constantine -- 'High Pindaricks upon stilts' / Penelope Wilson -- The Arcadian vision / J. Mordaunt Crook -- Why the Greeks and not the Romans in Victorian Britain? / Frank M. Turner -- Hellenism in Victorian painting / Richard Jenkyns -- The fortunes of Sappho / Peter Tomory -- 'Hebrew' versus 'Hellene' as a principle of literary criticism / Stephen Prickett -- Education, ideology and the ruling class / James Bowen -- Cast-collecting in the nineteenth century / Peter Connor -- Socrates or chorus person? The problem of individuality in Nietzsche's Hellenism / Anthony Stephens. Subjects; To 1899. Hellenism. English literature Greek influences. Greek literature Appreciation Great Britain. Classicism Great Britain. Civilization Greek influences. Classicism - English literature Greek influences. Greek literature Appreciation. Philhellenism Great Britain. English literature Greek influences. Art, Hellenistic. Greek revival (Architecture) Great Britain. Painting, Victorian Greek influences. Classicism Great Britain History 18th century. Classicism Great Britain History 19th century. Arts, Modern 19th century Great Britain. Arts, British Themes, motives. Arts, Modern 19th century Great Britain. Arts, British Themes, motives. Classicism England History 18th century. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 412886
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