Research Catalog

Title

Victorian Horace : classics and class / Stephen Harrison.

Author

Harrison, S. J.

Publication

• London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.
• ©2017

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Details

Series Statement

Classical inter/faces series

Uniform Title

Classical inter/faces.

Subject

• Horace > Influence
• Horace > Criticism and interpretation
• English literature > 19th century > History and criticism
• English literature > Classical influences
• Classicism > Great Britain > History > 19th century
• Great Britain > Intellectual life > 19th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: -- 1: Introduction: from English Augustan to Victorian gentlemanly Horace -- 2: Horace in education: editions and commentaries -- 3: Translations of Horace: Victorian versions -- 4: Horace in poetry: Clough, Fitzgerald, Tennyson and others. -- 5: Horace in prose: Thackeray, Trollope and others -- 6: Horace democratised: contemporary Horace and contemporary classics -- Bibliography -- Index.

Call Number

JFE 17-6511

ISBN

• 9781472583918
• 1472583914

LCCN

2016057218

OCLC

982043555

Author

Harrison, S. J., author.

Title

Victorian Horace : classics and class / Stephen Harrison.

Publisher

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

Copyright Date

©2017

Description

ix, 200 pages ; 25 cm

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Classical inter/faces series

Classical inter/faces.

Summary

"The poetry of Horace was central to Victorian male elite education and the ancient poet himself, suitably refashioned, became a model for the English gentleman. Horace and the Victorians examines the English reception of Horace in Victorian culture, a period which saw the foundations of the discipline of modern classical scholarship in England and of many associated and lasting social values. It shows that the scholarly study, translation and literary imitation of Horace in this period were crucial elements in reinforcing the social prestige of Classics as a discipline and its function as an indicator of 'gentlemanly' status through its domination of the elite educational system and its prominence in literary production. The book also discusses how the framework of study and reception of a classical author such as Horace, so firmly established in the Victorian era, has been modernised and 'democratised' in recent years, matching the movement of Classics from a discipline which reinforces traditional and conservative social values to one which can be seen as both marginal and liberal."-- Provided by publisher.

"A survey of Horace's role in, and appropriation by, Victorian culture, addressing issues of social class, education and the prestige of classical scholarship"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 17-6511