Graeco-Roman antiquity and the idea of nationalism in the 19th century : case studies / editors, Thorsten Fögen, Richard Warren.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fögen, Thorsten, editor.

Warren, Richard (Classicist), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Greco-Roman.

Nationalism--Europe--History--19th century.

Nationalism.

Greece--Antiquities.

Greece.

Italy--Antiquities.

Italy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 pages) : color illustrations, photographs

Other Title:

Greco-Roman antiquity and the idea of nationalism in the 19th century

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This interdisciplinary volume explains the phenomenon of nationalism in nineteenth-century Europe through the prism of Graeco-Roman antiquity. Through a series of case studies covering a broad range of source material, it demonstrates the different purposes the heritage of the classical world was put to during a turbulent period in European history. Contributors include classicists, historians, archaeologists, art historians and others.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Copyright References

Graeco-Roman Antiquity and the Idea of Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century: Introduction

Classical Ideals and the Formation of Modern Nations in Europe

Making Nations in the Image of Greece: Classical Greek Conceptions of the Body in the Construction of National Identity in Nineteenth-Century England, France and Germany

‘Je viens comme Thémistocle’: Napoleon and National Identity after Waterloo

The Emperor’s Caesar: Napoleon III, Karl Marx and the History of Julius Caesar

Faithful unto Death: Militarism, Masculinity and National Identity in Victorian Britain

Constructing the Nation and Empire: Victorian and Edwardian Images of the Building of Roman Fortifications

Henry Courteney Selous’ Boadicea and the Westminster Cartoon Competition

A Nation Finds its People: Friedrich Kohlrausch, New Readers and Readings of Tacitus’ Germania and the Rise of a Popular German Nationalism

Hermann the German: Nineteenth-Century Monuments and Histories

Arminius in Bohemia: Two Uses of Tacitus in Czech Art

Classical Translations and Strands of Irish Nationalism

Contributors

Index rerum

Index nominum (personarum)

Index locorum

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 11, 2016).

ISBN:

9783110473032

3110473038

9783110473490

3110473496

OCLC:

951075875