Graeco-Roman Antiquity and the Idea of Nationalism in the 19th Century : : Case Studies / / Thorsten Fögen, Richard Warren.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2016
• HerausgeberIn: Fögen, Thorsten,; Warren, Richard,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (VII, 305 p.)

This interdisciplinary volume explains the phenomenon of nationalism in nineteenth-century Europe through the prism of Graeco-Roman antiquity. Through a series of case studies covering a broad range of source material, it demonstrates the different purposes the heritage of the classical world was put to during a turbulent period in European history. Contributors include classicists, historians, archaeologists, art historians and others.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Copyright References -- Graeco-Roman Antiquity and the Idea of Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century: Introduction -- Classical Ideals and the Formation of Modern Nations in Europe -- Making Nations in the Image of Greece: Classical Greek Conceptions of the Body in the Construction of National Identity in Nineteenth-Century England, France and Germany -- ‘Je viens comme Thémistocle’: Napoleon and National Identity after Waterloo -- The Emperor’s Caesar: Napoleon III, Karl Marx and the History of Julius Caesar -- Faithful unto Death: Militarism, Masculinity and National Identity in Victorian Britain -- Constructing the Nation and Empire: Victorian and Edwardian Images of the Building of Roman Fortifications -- Henry Courteney Selous’ Boadicea and the Westminster Cartoon Competition -- A Nation Finds its People: Friedrich Kohlrausch, New Readers and Readings of Tacitus’ Germania and the Rise of a Popular German Nationalism -- Hermann the German: Nineteenth-Century Monuments and Histories -- Arminius in Bohemia: Two Uses of Tacitus in Czech Art -- Classical Translations and Strands of Irish Nationalism -- Contributors -- Index rerum -- Index nominum (personarum) -- Index locorum