Title Victorian culture and classical antiquity : art, opera, fiction, and the proclamation of modernity / Simon Goldhill

Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 352 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) Series Martin classical lectures Martin classical lectures. Contents pt. 1. Art and desire -- pt. 2. Music and cultural politics -- pt. 3. Fiction : Victorian novels of ancient Rome Summary 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 politics of culture, and the role of religion in society were considered and debated through the Victorian obsession with antiquity. Looking at Victorian art, Goldhill demonstrates how desire and sexuality, particularly anxieties about male desire, were represented and communicated through classical imagery. Probing into operas of the period, Goldhill addresses ideas of citizenship, nationalism, and cultural politics. And through fiction--specifically nineteenth-century novels about the Roman Empire--he discusses religion and the fierce battles over the church as Christianity began to lose dominance over the progressive stance of Victorian science and investigation. Rediscovering some great forgotten works and reframing some more familiar ones, the book offers extraordinary insights into how the Victorian sense of antiquity and our sense of the Victorians came into being. With a wide range of examples and stories, Victorian Culture and Classical Antiquity demonstrates how interest in the classical past shaped nineteenth-century self-expression, giving antiquity a unique place in Victorian culture.--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-340) and index Notes English Print version record Subject English literature -- Classical influences. English literature -- 19th century -- Classical influences Art, Victorian -- Great Britain Art, British -- Classical influences. Opera -- Classical influences. HISTORY. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Art, British -- Classical influences Art, Victorian Civilization Civilization -- Classical influences English literature -- Classical influences Intellectual life Opera -- Classical influences SUBJECT Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056856 Great Britain -- Civilization -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056625 Great Britain -- Civilization -- Classical influences Subject Great Britain Form Electronic book ISBN 9781400840076 1400840074 9786613129291 6613129291 1283129299 9781283129299

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