From Paris to Pompeii: French Romanticism and the Cultural Politics of Archaeology

Göran Blix

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2009

From Paris to Pompeii

French Romanticism and the Cultural Politics of Archaeology

Göran Blix

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812201307

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About this book

Through the iconic example of Pompeii, and the spell this city cast on the early nineteen-century French Romantic imagination, From Paris to Pompeii shows how an archaeological gaze arose in response to a secular anxiety of memory loss and helped define our modern relationship to history.

Author / Editor information

Goran Blix teaches French at Princeton University.

Reviews

"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 Université de Vincennes à Saint-Denis

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter One: Neoclassical Pompeii Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Chapter Two: The Antiquarian Comes of Age Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
Chapter Three: The Archaeological Turn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
Chapter Four: The Specular Past Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Chapter Five: Body Politics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
Chapter Six: Lost Worlds and the Archive Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Chapter Seven: The Uses of Archaeology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299
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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 320
Illustrations
- Other: 16 illus.
Keywords: Literature; Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: September 4, 2013
ISBN: 9780812201307