Kinaesthesia and Classical Antiquity 1750-1820: Moved by Stone

Author:   Dr Helen Slaney (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Roehampton University, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781350144026


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   03 September 2020
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Author:   Dr Helen Slaney (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Roehampton University, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.581kg
ISBN:  

9781350144026


ISBN 10:   1350144029
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   03 September 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The science of sensuous cognition Part 1: Approaches 1. Emma Hamilton's Attitudes 2. Herder's 'Feeling Imagination' 3. Charlotte Eaton's Rome as Theatre 4. Goethe's 'Seeing Hand' Part 2: Apprehensions 5. Time Travellers 6. Frankenstein's Venus 7. Belongings in Museums Part 3: Appreciations 8. Roman Novels 9. Forever Young 10. Mary Shelley's 'Desart Ruins' Conclusion Bibliography Notes Index

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[In] this important book Slaney gives us a glimpse of what few of us even know we have lost. For that alone, this book is an essential purchase for anyone who cares about the Classical past. - Sun News Tucson


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Helen Slaney is a researcher in Classics and Program Manager for Graduate Research at La Trobe University, Australia. Her publications include The Senecan Aesthetic: A Performance History (2015) and Seneca: Medea (Bloomsbury, 2019), as well as numerous articles on the reception of antiquity in the early-modern world.

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