The Etruscans in the Modern Imagination

The Etruscans, a revenant and unusual people, had all but disappeared by the start of the Christian era. Sam Solecki chronicles their unexpected return to the intellectual and cultural history of the west, beginning with eighteenth-century scholars, collectors, and archaeologists, to provide a fascinating meditation on cultural transmission between ancient and modern civilizations.

Info autore

Sam Solecki is professor emeritus at the University of Toronto and the author of A Truffaut Notebook.

Riassunto

The Etruscans, a revenant and unusual people, had all but disappeared by the start of the Christian era. Sam Solecki chronicles their unexpected return to the intellectual and cultural history of the west, beginning with eighteenth-century scholars, collectors, and archaeologists, to provide a fascinating meditation on cultural transmission between ancient and modern civilizations.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sam Solecki
• Editore: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.10.2022
• EAN: 9780228014638
• ISBN: 978-0-228-01463-8
• Pagine: 344
• Dimensioni: 235 mm x 164 mm x 31 mm
• Peso: 674 g
• Illustrazioni: 19 photos
• Serie: McGill-Queen's Studies in the; McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata