Victorian Horace - Classics and Class

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 ends with an epilogue suggesting that 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.>

Product details

• Authors: S. J. Harrison, Stephen Harrison, Stephen (Professor of Latin Literature Harrison
• Assisted by: Susanna Braund (Editor), Paul Cartledge (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9781472583918
• ISBN: 978-1-4725-8391-8
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Classical Inter/faces; Criminal Practice Series; Classical Inter/Faces
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Latein, 19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, Europäische Geschichte, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter