Jose Rizal, the Philippines, and Greco-Roman Antiquity

This volume is the first extended investigation of the classicism of José Rizal (1861-1896), the de facto national hero of the Philippines, and explores how Greco-Roman antiquity was harnessed by Rizal and other Philippine artists and thinkers at the end of the Spanish colonial period.

Sommario

Introduction
Chapter 1. Biography
Chapter 2. Education
Chapter 3. Early Writing
Chapter 4. Rizal in Europe
Chapter 5. Rizal's Novels
Chapter 6. Journalism and Historical Writing
Chapter 7. Rizal's Final Period
Epilogue

Info autore

Andreas T. Zanker is a lecturer in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Western Australia. He is the author of Horace (Brill Research Perspectives in Classical Poetry) (2024), Metaphor in Homer: Time, Speech, and Thought (2019), and Greek and Latin Expressions of Meaning (2016).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Andreas T. Zanker
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 26.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032737935
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3273793-5
• Pagine: 312
• Serie: Classics and the Postcolonial
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Spain, HISTORY / Ancient / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Politics, South East Asia, Colonialism & imperialism, Classical texts, Historiography, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient Rome, Regional Studies, Colonialism and imperialism, Ancient History, Regional / International studies, Asian History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity