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Author:   Dr Abigail Baker (Independent Scholar, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9781350191365

ISBN 10:   1350191361
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   22 April 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

List of figures Acknowledgements Part 1: Introduction 1. Troy and Truth Part 2: Putting Troy on show 2. Bringing Troy to London 3. Making sense of the Trojan collection 4. How Schliemann Displayed his Treasures Part 3: Schliemania? 5. Visualising Troy 6. The Appeal of the Primitive 7. Laughing at Schliemann 8. Weighing up Ancient Troy Part 4: Troy's place in History 9. The Other Homeric Question 10. How old was Troy? 11. Who Were the Trojans? Part 5: Successors and legacy 12. Jane Harrison's Odyssey 13. Arthur Evans' Labyrinth 14. Dream and reality Notes Bibliography Index

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Dr. Baker shows us the care with which Schliemann staged his exhibit, revealing a clear and calculating intent on his part to persuade the viewers that his views on Troy were the correct ones ... [She] has successfully shown us that 'Troy with its untrustworthy excavator, archaeological complexity and combination of truth and fiction is an unusually fruitful site for thinking about what fascinates us about the past and questioning the methods we use to understand it' ( 16). * CJ-Online * The study explores the wide-ranging impact of the exhibition on various aspects of 19th-century thought, bringing together a range of receptions [to build] a composite picture of the exhibition (p. 32). Baker's multifaceted approach touches on the specific ways that the Trojan exhibition impacted contemporary receptions, from fashion to monetary policy, but also relates Troy itself to larger cultural debates on ancient chronology and racial theory ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty. * CHOICE * This handy little book, which can be read in one sitting, is a gold-mine of fascinating information. It also sets any reader (this reviewer included) thinking about the wider questions. * Classics for All *

Author Information

Abigail Baker is Assistant Keeper of Archaeology at the Great North Museum, Hancock, UK. Her research focuses on the reception of classical archaeology in museums, both past and present.

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