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.
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,
2013
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| 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... |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (319 pages) |
| 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. |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (319 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780812201307 0812201302 9780812241365 0812241363 |