Victorian Horace: Classics and Class Contributor(s): Harrison, Stephen (Author), Cartledge, Paul (Editor), Braund, Susanna (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1472583914 ISBN-13: 9781472583918 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $173.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - History | Modern - 19th Century |
Dewey: 820.900 |
LCCN: 2016057218 |
Series: Classical Inter/Faces |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (0.95 lbs) 216 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The poetry of Horace was central to Victorian male elite education and the ancient poet himself, suitably refashioned, became a model for the English gentleman. Horace and the Victorians examines the English reception of Horace in Victorian culture, a period which saw the foundations of the discipline of modern classical scholarship in England and of many associated and lasting social values. It shows that the scholarly study, translation and literary imitation of Horace in this period were crucial elements in reinforcing the social prestige of Classics as a discipline and its function as an indicator of 'gentlemanly' status through its domination of the elite educational system and its prominence in literary production. The book ends with an epilogue suggesting that the framework of study and reception of a classical author such as Horace, so firmly established in the Victorian era, has been modernised and 'democratised' in recent years, matching the movement of Classics from a discipline which reinforces traditional and conservative social values to one which can be seen as both marginal and liberal. |
Contributor Bio(s): Harrison, Stephen: - Stephen Harrison is Professor of Latin Literature, Corpus Christi College, Oxford. His research interests are in Augustan Poetry, the Ancient Novel, esp. Apuleius, Classical Reception (especially 19th and 20th century UK). Among many books and articles he is author of: Vergil: Aeneid 10 (1991) [ed.] Homage to Horace (1995) Apuleius: A Latin Sophist (2000) Generic Enrichment in Vergil and Horace (2007)Braund, Susanna: - Susanna Morton Braund is Professor of Latin Poetry and Its Reception at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. She has published extensively on Roman satire, Latin epic poetry and Seneca, including for Bloomsbury The Roman Satirists and Their Masks (1998). |