Romans and Romantics /
This book provides discussion of the relationship between Romanticism and Roman antiquity. Encompassing literature, music, sculpture, film, history, politics, and scholarship, it assesses the influence that ancient Roman culture has had upon Romanticism, and that Romanticism has had upon the underst...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
©2012.
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| Series: | Classical presences.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book provides discussion of the relationship between Romanticism and Roman antiquity. Encompassing literature, music, sculpture, film, history, politics, and scholarship, it assesses the influence that ancient Roman culture has had upon Romanticism, and that Romanticism has had upon the understanding of the ancient Romans up to the present day. Part One takes a selection of general themes and motifs -- republicanism, time, originality, and love -- and assesses how these themes and motifs circulate between Roman antiquity and Romanticism. Part Two contains case-studies of specific engagements between those who were alive in the so-called Romantic Period and specific aspects of Roman antiquity. Part Three then evaluates the reception of Romanticism in authors, writings, operas, and films that appeared after, and in full consciousness of, the formulation of this concept; it considers how these receptions are in turn shaped by and shaping the simultaneous reception of the ancient Romans. By highlighting in this way the key role that the Romans played in the creation and development of Romanticism, and that Romanticism has since played in conceptions of the Romans, this book initiates not only a reassessment of the relationship between its two protagonists, but a new understanding of each of them individually. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 431 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-422) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191741845 0191741841 |