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Victorian culture and classical antiquity : art, opera, fiction, and the proclamation of modernity

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 politi...

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Main Author: Goldhill, Simon (Author)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J : Princeton University Press , 2011
Series:Martin classical lectures
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Online Access:http://kunst.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/jstor-ebooks-art/www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7rvwp
Related Items:Print version: Victorian culture and classical antiquity
Author Notes:Simon Goldhill
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