Victorian Horace : classics and class

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Label

Victorian Horace : classics and class

Title remainder

classics and class

Statement of responsibility

Stephen Harrison

Creator

• Harrison, S. J.,
• Harrison, S. J.,

Author

• Harrison, S. J.,
• Harrison, S. J.,

Subject

• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• English literature
• English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
• English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
• English literature -- Classical influences
• English literature -- Classical influences
• English literature -- Classical influences
• Great Britain
• Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
• Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
• HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century
• History
• Horace
• Horace -- Criticism and interpretation
• Horace -- Criticism and interpretation
• Horace -- Influence
• Horace -- Influence
• Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
• Intellectual life
• LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical
• LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
• 1800-1899
• Classicism
• Classicism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
• Classicism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century

Genre

• History
• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

• "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 also discusses how 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."--
• "A survey of Horace's role in, and appropriation by, Victorian culture, addressing issues of social class, education and the prestige of classical scholarship"--

Member of

• Classical inter/faces

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• Provided by publisher
• Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Classical inter/faces series