Antiquity and Enlightenment culture : new approaches and perspectives

"This volume represents the first move towards a comprehensive overview of the place of antiquity in Enlightenment Europe. Eschewing a narrow focus on any one theme, it seeks to understand eighteenth-century engagements with antiquity on their own terms, focusing on the contexts, questions, and agendas that led people to turn to the ancient past. The contributors show that a profound interest in antiquity permeated all spheres of intellectual and creative endeavour, from antiquarianism to political discourse, travel writing to portraiture, theology to education. They offer new perspectives on familiar figures, such as Rousseau and Hume, as well as insights into hitherto obscure antiquarians and scholars. What emerges is a richer, more textured understanding of the substantial eighteenth-century engagement with antiquity. Contributors are: Anthony Ossa-Richardson, Maria Giulia Franzoni, Thomas Hopkinson, Maeve O'Dwyer, Miriam Al Jamil, Kelsey Jackson Williams, Alan Montgomery, Marta Dieli, Tim Stuart-Buttle, Flora Champy"--ISBN : 9789004405035 Half Title Series Information Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgements Figures Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Part 1 Danger and Delight: Reading Ancient Literature Chapter 1 Pseudohistory and Metafiction in the Eighteenth Century 1 Pseudohistory 2 Metafiction Acknowledgements Bibliography Chapter 2 The Philosophy of Ancient Poetry: Greek Poetic Pessimism in the Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce 1 The Greek Ideal and Greek Pessimism between the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries 2 Anacharsis and Philocles: Greek Pessimistic Thought and the Ode to Happiness 3 A Time of Transition Bibliography Part 2 Antiquity on Display: Travellers, Grand Tourists, Collectors Chapter 3 The “Nymphs” of the Fountain of Arethusa and the Representation of Classical Sicily in Travel Works, c.1770–1860 1 The Fountain of Arethusa 2 Changes in Travel Narratives 3 Conclusion Bibliography Chapter 4 Antiquity and the Grand Tour Portrait: Rethinking the Significance of Pompeo Batoni’s Use of Classical Sculpture, 1753–1762 1 Early Examples of Classical Insertions 2 Rethinking the Significance of Batoni’s Use of Antiquity 3 Charles John Crowle (1738–1811) 4 Conclusion Bibliography Chapter 5 Hidden Dimensions and Elusive Forms in Johan Zoffany’s Charles Townley and Friends in his Library at Park Street, Westminster, 1781–1783, 1798 1 The Painting during Townley’s Lifetime 2 Hidden Dimensions and Elusive Forms 3 The Painting after Townley’s Death 4 Conclusion Bibliography Part 3 Antiquity and National Identity: Scotland and Greece Chapter 6 The Scottish Heresy: George Mackenzie’s Pelagian Biographies 1 Recovering Mackenzie 2 The Lives and Characters 3 (Semi-)Pelagianism in Early Modern Thought 4 Mackenzie the (Semi-)Pelagian Bibliography Chapter 7 Rome in Caledonia: Eighteenth-Century Interpretations of Scotland’s Ancient Past Bibliography Chapter 8 The Enlightenment and the Teaching of Ancient Greek Grammar in Greece 1 Eighteenth-Century Greece: National Identity, Language, and Pedagogy 2 A Forerunner of the Revolution: the Project of Rhigas Velestinlis 3 The Greek Enlightenment 4 Neophytos Vamvas (1776–1855): Teacher of the Nation 5 Teaching in Greece before and after the Enlightenment: Vamvas’s Account 6 Konstantinos Koumas (1777–1836): a History of Greek Education 7 Conclusions Bibliography Part 4 Antiquity in Moral Philosophy and Political Thought Chapter 9 Hume, Cicero, and Eighteenth-Century Moral Philosophy Acknowledgements Bibliography Chapter 10 Rousseau’s Rome and Political Pragmatism 1 Rousseau’s Antiquity: a Nostalgic Attack against Modernity? 2 Rousseau’s Antiquities and his Definition of Liberty 3 Rome’s Exemplary Assemblies 4 Rome: a Miracle from History 5 Rome and the Political Role of Mores 6 Conclusion: Rousseau’s Pragmatic Antiquity Bibliography Index "This volume represents the first move towards a comprehensive overview of the place of antiquity in Enlightenment Europe. Eschewing a narrow focus on any one theme, it seeks to understand eighteenth-century engagements with antiquity on their own terms, focusing on the contexts, questions, and agendas that led people to turn to the ancient past. The contributors show that a profound interest in antiquity permeated all spheres of intellectual and creative endeavour, from antiquarianism to political discourse, travel writing to portraiture, theology to education. They offer new perspectives on familiar figures, such as Rousseau and Hume, as well as insights into hitherto obscure antiquarians and scholars. What emerges is a richer, more textured understanding of the substantial eighteenth-century engagement with antiquity. Contributors are: Anthony Ossa-Richardson, Maria Giulia Franzoni, Thomas Hopkinson, Maeve O'Dwyer, Miriam Al Jamil, Kelsey Jackson Williams, Alan Montgomery, Marta Dieli, Tim Stuart-Buttle, Flora Champy"-- Provided by publisher