The Drama of Classical Ruins in the Nineteenth-Century Imagination
by
Rachel Bryant Davies
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
Playful, popular visions of Troy and Carthage, backdrops to the Iliad and Aeneid's epic narratives, shine the spotlight on antiquity's starring role in nineteenth-century culture. This is the story of how these ruined cities inspired bold reconstructions of the Trojan War and its aftermath, how archaeological...