Romantic antiquity Rome in the British imagination, 1789-1832
This title examines how Romantic-period writers deploy Roman republican precedents to constitute their vision of literary and political modernity, arguing that Rome is relevant to the Romantic period not as the continuation of an earlier neoclassicism, but rather as a concept that is simultaneously...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2009, 2009
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This title examines how Romantic-period writers deploy Roman republican precedents to constitute their vision of literary and political modernity, arguing that Rome is relevant to the Romantic period not as the continuation of an earlier neoclassicism, but rather as a concept that is simultaneously transformed and transformative |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 304 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780199871643 |