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Materialist Romanticism : The Matter of the Marbles.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hall, Dewey W., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cultural property.
- Parthenon sculptures.
- Romanticism--Great Britain.
- Romanticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (153 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.
- System Details:
- text file rdaft
- Summary:
- A study of nineteenth-century Romantic literary artifacts centering on the removal of Parthenon sculptures from Athens and sale of the prized artifacts to the British Parliament.
- Contents:
- List of Figures Acknowledgements About the Author Introduction: On the Question of Matter 1. Marble as Material Form: Geology, Quarrying, and Provenance 2. Shared Abjection: The Case of Elgin and Byron 3. A Materialist Approach to the Parthenon Sculptures: Subject, Object, and Thing 4. The Political Ecology of Matter: Marbles, Volcanoes, and Humans Afterword: The Parthenon of the North Bibliography Index
- ISBN:
- 979-88-8188-757-5
- 1-9787-6941-5
- 979-82-16-25810-0
- 9781978769410
- OCLC:
- 1551397651
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