RUINS AND EMPIRE: The Evolution Of A Theme In Augustan And Romantic Literature
Language: English
Published by Pittsburgh PA. 1977. Univ. Of Pittsburgh Press, 1977
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light blue & gilt decorative hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). no dustwrapperfine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. first edition. first printing (NAP). b&w frontis. illustration. xiv+272p. 4 b&w illustrations. notes. index. poetry. literary criticism. religion. romanticism. mythology. folklore. philosophy of history. the supernatural. mysticism. mummies. philosophy. psychology. graveyard literature. stonehenge. satan. utopianism. the ruines of time. the eternal city. the fleece. the world's great age. roxana. the politics of melancholy. the deserted village. wordsworth at grasmere. the arab rider. the city of man. ruins and revolution. intimations of immortality.
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- Title
- RUINS AND EMPIRE: The Evolution Of A Theme In Augustan And Romantic Literature
- Author
- Goldstein, Laurence
- Publisher
- Pittsburgh PA. 1977. Univ. Of Pittsburgh Press
- Publication year
- 1977
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0822933454
- ISBN 13
- 9780822933458
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- mythology, poetry, world history
One of the most common scenes in Augustan and Romantic literature is that of a writer confronting some emblem of change and loss, most often the remains of a vanished civilization or a desolate natural landscape. Ruins and Empire traces the ruin sentiment from its earliest classical and Renaissance expressions through English literature to its establishment as a dominant theme of early American art.
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"Mr. Goldstein has given us a pleasurable book. It moves across an extended tract of time and a number of authors, major and minor, and it moves well and easily. We go confidently with him as one who reads his texts with a ready intelligence. . . . He has always something interesting to say, he has lights to throw on his poets, or occasional novelist or artist, and he has a valuable story to tell, and to tell with style."
"--Modern Language Review"
Mr. Goldstein has given us a pleasurable book. It moves across an extended tract of time and a number of authors, major and minor, and it moves well and easily. We go confidently with him as one who reads his texts with a ready intelligence. . . . He has always something interesting to say, he has lights to throw on his poets, or occasional novelist or artist, and he has a valuable story to tell, and to tell with style.
" Modern Language Review""
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