Temporal Forms and the Nineteenth-Century Mediterranean : Writing British Heritage in Ancient Lands / Lindsey N. Chappell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chappell, Lindsey N., 1985- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture

Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Imperialism in literature.

Time in literature.

Mediterranean Region--In literature.

Mediterranean Region.

Genre:

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 300 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"This study is the first to explore the Mediterranean and its ubiquity in nineteenth-century British literature. Lindsey N. Chappell recovers the region's centrality to Romantic and Victorian constructions of the past, the present, and the shape of time itself, revealing how classical and biblical heritage shaped British imperialism"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Cover

Half-title page

Series page

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Temporal Forms and Temporal Histories

Accessing the British Mediterranean

How This Book Works

Part I "Civis Romanus Sum": A Global Imperial Model

Risorgimento

Distance

1 Fractal

Antiquarian Scalar Conflict

Dickensian Dimensions of Time

The Shape of History

Ethics and Time

2 Syncretism

A "Living Present" and "Living Past"

"Liberty, Social as well as Political"

Coda to Part I La Libertà, Unchained

Part II "We Are All Greeks": Forging an Anglo-Hellenic Cultural Heritage

"An Event in English History"

"Consequences to Us Who Now Live"

3 Inheritance

Inheritance and Descent

Inheritance and Empire

Inheritance and Resurrection

4 Irony

Irony on Tour

Irony in the Museum

Coda to Part II Whitewashing Hellas

Part III "Kindred with the Mummy": Rewriting the Holy Land

Uncolonizable Space

Sacred and Secular

5 Ruin

"A Conspiracy against Moses"

Toward a Nonhuman Temporality

6 Profanation

The "Cockney" East

The Middle East

Coda to Part III Unholy Land

Conclusion: The Temporal Forms of British Heritage Discourse

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Nov 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009469753

1009469754

9781009469777

1009469770

9781009469791

1009469797