Graeco-Roman Antiquity and the Idea of Nationalism in the 19th Century : Case Studies.
This interdisciplinary volume explains the phenomenon of nationalism in 19th-century Europe through the prism of Graeco-Roman antiquity. Through a series of case studies covering a broad range of source material, it demonstrates the different purposes the heritage of the classical world was put to d...
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De Gruyter,
2016-05-23 00:00:00.0.
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Copyright References
- Graeco-Roman Antiquity and the Idea of Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century: Introduction
- Classical Ideals and the Formation of Modern Nations in Europe
- Making Nations in the Image of Greece: Classical Greek Conceptions of the Body in the Construction of National Identity in Nineteenth-Century England, France and Germany
- 'Je viens comme Thémistocle': Napoleon and National Identity after Waterloo
- The Emperor's Caesar: Napoleon III, Karl Marx and the History of Julius Caesar
- Faithful unto Death: Militarism, Masculinity and National Identity in Victorian Britain
- Constructing the Nation and Empire: Victorian and Edwardian Images of the Building of Roman Fortifications
- Henry Courteney Selous' Boadicea and the Westminster Cartoon Competition
- A Nation Finds its People: Friedrich Kohlrausch, New Readers and Readings of Tacitus' Germania and the Rise of a Popular German Nationalism
- Hermann the German: Nineteenth-Century Monuments and Histories
- Arminius in Bohemia: Two Uses of Tacitus in Czech Art
- Classical Translations and Strands of Irish Nationalism
- Contributors
- Index rerum
- Index nominum (personarum)
- Index locorum.