Sciences of Antiquity Romantic Antiquarianism, Natural History, and Knowledge Work
ISBN: 9780199556915 | 0199556911
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 5/19/2013
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Heringman focuses on the illustrators, fieldworkers, and ghostwriters associated with the production of scholarly plate books during the Romantic-era. The volume explores how the expertise acquired by these intellectuals precipitated a major shift in research and forged a broader perception of antiquity, transforming intellectual life.
In the course of the eighteenth century, discoveries ranging from Tahiti to Pompeii initiated a scientific turn in the study of the past. Seeking a formal language to display these n... MORE
In the course of the eighteenth century, discoveries ranging from Tahiti to Pompeii initiated a scientific turn in the study of the past. Seeking a formal language to display these n... MORE
Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Figures
Abbreviations
Introduction: Knowledge Work and the Proliferation of Antiquities
Natural History and Antiquity
1. NBBeyond Patronage: Knowledge Work, Professional Ambition, and the Competing Narratives of theNBEndeavourNBVoyage
2. Campi Phlegraei and the Neapolitan Pursuit of "Most Remote Antiquity"
Greek Vases and Deep Time in Naples
3. Baron d'Hanc... MORE
Noah Heringman is Associate Professor of English at the University of Missouri. His previous books include Romantic Rocks, Aesthetic Geology (2004) and Romantic Science: The Literary Forms of Natural History (2003). He has published articles and chapters on Romantic poets, on the history of geology, and on Romanticism and the disciplines.
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