Classical Victorians : scholars, scoundrels and generals in pursuit of antiquity

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Classical Victorians : scholars, scoundrels and generals in pursuit of antiquity

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scholars, scoundrels and generals in pursuit of antiquity

Statement of responsibility

Edmund Richardson

Creator

• Richardson, Edmund, 1982-

Subject

• 1800-1899
• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
• Biographies
• Biographies
• Biography
• Civilization -- Greek influences
• Civilization -- Roman influences
• Classicism
• Classicism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
• Electronic books
• Great Britain
• Great Britain -- Civilization | Greek influences
• Great Britain -- Civilization | Roman influences
• Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Biography
• Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
• HISTORY -- Ancient -- Rome
• HISTORY -- General
• History
• Intellectual life

Genre

• Electronic books
• History
• Biographies
• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

• "Victorian Britain set out to make the ancient world its own. This is the story of how it failed. It is the story of the headmaster who bludgeoned his wife to death, then calmly sat down to his Latin. It is the story of the embittered classical prodigy who turned to gin and opium - and the virtuoso forger who fooled the greatest scholars of the age. It is a history of hope: a general who longed to be an Homeric hero, a bankrupt poet who longed to start a revolution. Victorian classicism was defined by hope - but shaped by uncertainty. Packed with forgotten characters and texts, with the roar of the burlesque-stage and the mud of the battlefield, this book offers a rich insight into nineteenth-century culture and society. It explores just how difficult it is to stake a claim on the past"--
• "Victorian Britain set out to make the ancient world its own. This is the story of how it failed. It is the story of the headmaster who bludgeoned his wife to death, then calmly sat down to his Latin. It is the story of the embittered classical prodigy who turned to gin and opium - and the virtuoso forger who fooled the greatest scholars of the age. It is a history of hope: a general who longed to be an Homeric hero, a bankrupt poet who longed to start a revolution"--

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• Classics after antiquity
• Ebook Central Academic Complete

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• Provided by publisher
• Provided by publisher

Biography type

collective biography

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

937.0072/041

Index

index present

LC call number

DA533

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Classics after antiquity