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The image of antiquity : ancient Britain and the romantic imagination

Title
The image of antiquity : ancient Britain and the romantic imagination / Samuel Smiles.
Author
Smiles, Samuel
Publication
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 1994.

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Description
x, 252 pages : illustrations; 27 cm
Subject
  • Great Britain > History > To 449 > Historiography
  • Prehistoric peoples > Great Britain > Historiography
  • Celts > Great Britain > Historiography
  • Druids and druidism > Historiography
  • Romanticism > Great Britain
  • Great Britain > Antiquities
  • Britons > Historiography
  • Great Britain > In art
  • Art, British
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. The Domain of Antiquity -- 2. The Past and its Meanings -- 3. Northern Heroes and National Identity -- 4. The Bards of Britain -- 5. The Druids -- 6. Ancestors and Others: The Origins of England -- 7. The Image of the Briton -- 8. The Megalithic Landscape -- 9. Garden Design and the Prehistoric Past -- 10. Conclusion.
LCCN
94009935
OCLC
  • ocm30070719
  • SCSB-14345502
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries