Feeling and Classical Philology: Knowing Antiquity in German scholarship, 1770-1920
- Submitting institution
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University of Oxford
- Unit of assessment
- 29 - Classics
- Output identifier
- 1395
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.1017/9781316219331
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- ISBN
- 9781316219331
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- February
- Year of publication
- 2020
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Double-weighted statement
- Nineteenth-century German Classical Philology still underpins much of modern Humanities. This book shows how a language of longing for closeness with a personified antiquity has shaped modern reading habits and scholarly self-image; it identifies a discourse of love as instrumental in expressing the challenges of specialisation and individual formation. The book is based on extensive readings of an archive of scholarly prose, programmatic texts, and personal letters. It reframes established narratives about Classics, emphasizing the role of the emotions. While explaining foundational debates of the discipline, its new interpretation critiques the continuing importance of biography in historical and philological scholarship.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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