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03047aam a2200421 a 4500 001 9DE16E84CCDC11E29536ECE2DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130604010126 008 120606s2013 enkab b 001 0ceng 010 $a 2012023179 020 $a 1107026776 (hardback) 020 $a 9781107026773 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)795687201 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCO $d BTCTA $d CDX $d YDXCP $d GUA $d BWX $d YUS $d IUL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk--- 050 00 $a DA533 $b .R53 2013 082 00 $a 937.0072/041 $2 23 084 $a HIS000000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Richardson, Edmund, $d 1982- 245 10 $a Classical Victorians : $b scholars, scoundrels and generals in pursuit of antiquity / $c Edmund Richardson. 260 $a Cambridge ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2013. 300 $a xvi, 227 p. : $b ill., map ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Classics after antiquity 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-224) and index. 505 0 $a 1. Introduction: the resurrection men -- 2. Old-fashioned ambition (a Victorian seduction) -- 3. In search of an empire of memory -- 4. The children of Babel. 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Intellectual life $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Classicism $z Great Britain $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History $y 19th century $v Biography. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Greek influences. $x Greek influences. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Roman influences. $x Roman influences. 650 7 $a HISTORY / General. $2 bisacsh 830 0 $a Classics after antiquity. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231021021431.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9DE16E84CCDC11E29536ECE2DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search