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Victorian Horace - Classics and Class (Hardcover)
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Victorian Horace - Classics and Class (Hardcover)
Series: Classical Inter/Faces
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The poetry of Horace was central to Victorian male elite education
and the ancient poet himself, suitably refashioned, became a model
for the English gentleman. Horace and the Victorians examines the
English reception of Horace in Victorian culture, a period which
saw the foundations of the discipline of modern classical
scholarship in England and of many associated and lasting social
values. It shows that the scholarly study, translation and literary
imitation of Horace in this period were crucial elements in
reinforcing the social prestige of Classics as a discipline and its
function as an indicator of 'gentlemanly' status through its
domination of the elite educational system and its prominence in
literary production. The book ends with an epilogue suggesting that
the framework of study and reception of a classical author such as
Horace, so firmly established in the Victorian era, has been
modernised and 'democratised' in recent years, matching the
movement of Classics from a discipline which reinforces traditional
and conservative social values to one which can be seen as both
marginal and liberal.
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