Victorian culture and classical antiquity : art, opera, fiction, and the proclamation of modernity / Simon Goldhill.

Author: Goldhill, Simon.

Imprint:Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c2011.

Descriptionviii, 352 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Note:The art of reception: J.W. Waterhouse and the painting of desire in Victorian Britain -- The touch of Sappho -- Who killed Chevalier Gluck? -- Wagner's Greeks: the politics of Hellenism -- For God and empire -- Virgins, lions, and honest pluck -- Only connect!

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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