This book is the first comprehensive study of the reception of classical Greece among English aesthetic writers of the nineteenth century. By exploring this history of reception, it aims to give readers a new and fuller understanding of literary aestheticism, its intellectual contexts, and its challenges to mainstream Victorian culture.
| ISBN: | 9780230547117 |
| Publication date: | 15th June 2009 |
| Author: | StefanoMaria Evangelista |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 203 pages |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture |
| Genres: |
Literary theory Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Cultural studies Ancient history European history Literature: history and criticism |
This book is the first comprehensive study of the reception of classical Greece among English aesthetic writers of the nineteenth century. By exploring this history of reception, it aims to give readers a new and fuller understanding of literary aestheticism, its intellectual contexts, and its challenges to mainstream Victorian culture.
British Aestheticism and Ancient Greece features in the following genres: Literary theory, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Cultural studies, Ancient history, European history, Literature: history and criticism
British Aestheticism and Ancient Greece is available in Hardback
British Aestheticism and Ancient Greece was written by StefanoMaria Evangelista and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK
British Aestheticism and Ancient Greece has 203 pages
Yes it is part of Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture series