From Paris to Pompeii: French Romanticism and the Cultural Politics of Archaeology
Author:   Göran Blix
Publisher:   University of Pennsylvania Press
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9780812241365


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   12 January 2009
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Göran Blix
Publisher:   University of Pennsylvania Press
Imprint:   University of Pennsylvania Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.658kg
ISBN:  

9780812241365


ISBN 10:   0812241363
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   12 January 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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List of Illustrations Introduction Neoclassical Pompeii 1. The Antiquarian Comes of Age 2. The Archaeological Turn 3. The Specular Past 4. Body Politics 5. Lost Worlds and the Archive 6. The Uses of Archaeology Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

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A rich, well-informed, and engaging analysis that combines the aesthetic, the epistemological, the historical, and the political in a way that is both original and strong. This book opens up new perspectives on frequently studied authors, and it makes very useful associations between very different levels of literary and scientific productions. -Jacques Neefs, The Johns Hopkins University and Paris 8 Universite de Vincennes a Saint-Denis Enterprising and intriguing. -TLS


A rich, well-informed, and engaging analysis that combines the aesthetic, the epistemological, the historical, and the political in a way that is both original and strong. This book opens up new perspectives on frequently studied authors, and it makes very useful associations between very different levels of literary and scientific productions. --Jacques Neefs, The Johns Hopkins University and Paris 8 Universite de Vincennes a Saint-Denis


A rich, well-informed, and engaging analysis that combines the aesthetic, the epistemological, the historical, and the political in a way that is both original and strong. This book opens up new perspectives on frequently studied authors, and it makes very useful associations between very different levels of literary and scientific productions. -Jacques Neefs, The Johns Hopkins University and Paris 8 Universite de Vincennes a Saint-Denis Enterprising and intriguing. -TLS


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Goran Blix teaches French at Princeton University.

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