From Paris to Pompeii : French Romanticism and the Cultural Politics of Archaeology

Through the iconic example of Pompeii, and the spell this city cast on the early nineteen-century French Romantic imagination, From Paris to Pompeiishows how an archaeological gaze arose in response to a secular anxiety of memory loss and helped define our modern relationship to history.

Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Blix, Göran (VerfasserIn)
Format: E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013
Schlagworte:Archaeology ; France ; History ; 19th century Archaeology ; History ; 19th century Archaeology ; Philosophy Archaeology and history France ; Intellectual life ; 19th century Romanticism ; France ; History ; 19th century Secularism ; France ; History ; 19th century Electronic books Frankreich Geschichtsbewusstsein mehr... Archäologische Stätte Geschichte 1800-1900
Umfang:1 online resource (319 pages)
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:Through the iconic example of Pompeii, and the spell this city cast on the early nineteen-century French Romantic imagination, From Paris to Pompeiishows how an archaeological gaze arose in response to a secular anxiety of memory loss and helped define our modern relationship to history.
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Neoclassical Pompeii -- Chapter Two: The Antiquarian Comes of Age -- Chapter Three: The Archaeological Turn -- Chapter Four: The Specular Past -- Chapter Five: Body Politics -- Chapter Six: Lost Worlds and the Archive -- Chapter Seven: The Uses of Archaeology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (319 pages)
ISBN:9780812201307
0812201302
9780812241365
0812241363