The Greek Heritage in Victorian Britain

by Frank M. Turner

Book Overview

An important new study that seeks to establish what Victorian writers said about Greek culture and how their interpretations both molded and reflected the attitudes and values of the Victorian age. "Turner's readable, intelligent, thorough, witty, and magisterial book discovers and narrates a fundamental strain in British intellectual life from the late eighteenth century until the beginning of World War I. It is THE book on its subject. . . . Turner's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300032579
• ISBN13: 9780300032574
• Release Date: September 1984
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 466 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"