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Title Herodotus in the long nineteenth century / edited by Thomas Harrison, University of St Andrews ; Joseph Skinner, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 336 pages)
Summary "Herodotus in the Long Nineteenth Century traces the impact of Herodotus' Histories during a momentous period in world history - an era of heightened social mobility, religious controversy, scientific discovery and colonial expansion. Contributions by an international team of specialists in Greek historiography, classical archaeology, receptions, and nineteenth-century intellectual history shed new light on how the Histories were read, remembered, and re-imagined in historical writing and in an exciting array of real-world contexts: from the classrooms of English public schools and universities to the music hall, museum, or gallery; from the news-stand to the nursery; and from the banks of the Nile to the mountains of the Hindu Kush. They reveal not only how engagement with Herodotus' work permeated nationalist discourses of the period, but also the extent to which these national and disciplinary contexts helped shape the way both Herodotus and the ancient past have been understood and interpreted"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 20, 2020)
Subject Herodotus. History.
SUBJECT History (Herodotus) fast
Subject History, Modern -- 19th century -- Historiography
History, Modern -- Historiography
Form Electronic book
Author Harrison, Thomas, 1969- editor.
Skinner, Joseph, 1979- editor
LC no. 2019040759
ISBN 9781108562805
1108562809