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Classical Victorians - Scholars, Scoundrels and Generals in Pursuit of Antiquity (Hardcover, New)
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Classical Victorians - Scholars, Scoundrels and Generals in Pursuit of Antiquity (Hardcover, New)
Series: Classics after Antiquity
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Total price: R3,078
Discovery Miles: 30 780
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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.
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