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Shelley and Greece: Rethinking Romantic Hellenism

By Jennifer Wallace

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
1997
ISBN
0333655699, 9780333655696
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (17647280 bytes)
Pages
280\278
Time added
2015-08-10 19:40:21

Description

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.

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