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This study covers the impact on Victorian Britain of the history and literature of Ancient Rome. It shows how scholars and poets, as well as engineers, soldiers, scientists and politicians, gained inspiration from the writing, theory and practice of their Roman predecessors.

Table of Contents
Preface.

Note on Translations and Texts.

Part I: Living Rome: Romantics and Revolution: .

1. The Persistence of Rome.

2. Rome and European Revolutions.

3. Rome and the Writing of History.

Part II: Roman Poets in the Nineteenth Century:.

4. Lucretius.

5. Catullus.

6. Virgil.

7. Ovid.

8. Horace.

Part III: Late Victorians and Later Rome:.

9. Fictions of Rome, or, Love, Death and Glory.

10. Rome and Imperial Debate.

11. Decadence, Degeneration and Decline.

Afterword.

Notes and References.

Index.

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 17/03/1997
      ISBN13: 9780631180760, 978-0631180760
      ISBN10: 0631180761
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      Literary studies: general Literature: history and criticism Ancient history

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This study covers the impact on Victorian Britain of the history and literature of Ancient Rome. It shows how scholars and poets, as well as engineers, soldiers, scientists and politicians, gained inspiration from the writing, theory and practice of their Roman predecessors.

      Table of Contents
      Preface.

      Note on Translations and Texts.

      Part I: Living Rome: Romantics and Revolution: .

      1. The Persistence of Rome.

      2. Rome and European Revolutions.

      3. Rome and the Writing of History.

      Part II: Roman Poets in the Nineteenth Century:.

      4. Lucretius.

      5. Catullus.

      6. Virgil.

      7. Ovid.

      8. Horace.

      Part III: Late Victorians and Later Rome:.

      9. Fictions of Rome, or, Love, Death and Glory.

      10. Rome and Imperial Debate.

      11. Decadence, Degeneration and Decline.

      Afterword.

      Notes and References.

      Index.

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