Title & Author:

Rediscovering Hellenism : the Hellenic inheritance and the English imagination / edited by G.W. Clarke ; with the assistance of J.C. Eade.

Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.

Description:

xiii, 264 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The question of authenticity in some early accounts of Greece / David Constantine -- 'High Pindaricks upon stilts' / Penelope Wilson -- The Arcadian vision / J. Mordaunt Crook -- Why the Greeks and not the Romans in Victorian Britain? / Frank M. Turner -- Hellenism in Victorian painting / Richard Jenkyns -- The fortunes of Sappho / Peter Tomory -- 'Hebrew' versus 'Hellene' as a principle of literary criticism / Stephen Prickett -- Education, ideology and the ruling class / James Bowen -- Cast-collecting in the nineteenth century / Peter Connor -- Socrates or chorus person? The problem of individuality in Nietzsche's Hellenism / Anthony Stephens.

Summary:

The question of authenticity in some early accounts of Greece / David Constantine -- 'High Pindaricks upon stilts' / Penelope Wilson -- The Arcadian vision / J. Mordaunt Crook -- Why the Greeks and not the Romans in Victorian Britain? / Frank M. Turner -- Hellenism in Victorian painting / Richard Jenkyns -- The fortunes of Sappho / Peter Tomory -- 'Hebrew' versus 'Hellene' as a principle of literary criticism / Stephen Prickett -- Education, ideology and the ruling class / James Bowen -- Cast-collecting in the nineteenth century / Peter Connor -- Socrates or chorus person? The problem of individuality in Nietzsche's Hellenism / Anthony Stephens.

ISBN:

0521354803
9780521354806

Subject:

Hellenism.
English literature Greek influences.
Greek literature Appreciation Great Britain.
Classicism Great Britain.
Hellénisme.
Littérature anglaise Influence grecque.
Littérature grecque Appréciation Grande-Bretagne.
Classicisme Grande-Bretagne.
Civilization.
Civilization Greek influences.
Classicism.
Greek literature Appreciation.
Hellenisme.
Culturele invloeden.
Philhellenism Great Britain.
Great Britain Civilization 19th century.
Great Britain Civilization Greek influences.
Great Britain Civilization 18th century.
Greece Civilization To 146 B.C.
Grande-Bretagne Civilisation 19e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne Civilisation 18e siècle.
Grèce Civilisation Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C.
Grande-Bretagne Civilisation Influence grecque.
Great Britain.
Greece.
Great Britain Civilization 19th century Hellenistic influences.
Great Britain Intellectual life 19th century Hellenistic influences.
English culture, 1714-1901. Influence of Greek culture, ancient period

Added entries:

Clarke, G. W. (Graeme Wilber), 1934-2023.
Eade, J. C. (John Christopher)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 50445
Call No.: ID:89-B9368
Status: Available