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Shelley and Greece
Jennifer Wallace
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Description for Shelley and Greece
hardcover. This text rethinks the nature of classical influence and finds that the relationship between the modern West and Greece is one of anxiety, fascination and resistance. It uses Shelley's protean and radical writing to question and illuminate the contemporary Romantic understanding of Greece. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC; HBJD; HBLA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 505.
Traditionally Hellenism is seen as the uncontroversial and beneficial influence of Greece upon later culture. Drawing upon new ideas from culture and gender theory, Jennifer Wallace rethinks the nature of classical influence and finds that the relationship between the modern west and Greece is one of anxiety, fascination and resistance. Shelley's protean and radical writing questions and illuminates the contemporary Romantic understanding of Greece. This book will appeal to students of Romantic Literature, as well as to those interested in the classical tradition.
Traditionally Hellenism is seen as the uncontroversial and beneficial influence of Greece upon later culture. Drawing upon new ideas from culture and gender theory, Jennifer Wallace rethinks the nature of classical influence and finds that the relationship between the modern west and Greece is one of anxiety, fascination and resistance. Shelley's protean and radical writing questions and illuminates the contemporary Romantic understanding of Greece. This book will appeal to students of Romantic Literature, as well as to those interested in the classical tradition.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
261
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333655696
SKU
V9780333655696
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About Jennifer Wallace
JENNIFER WALLACE
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