Beschreibung:
Playful, popular visions of ruined cities demonstrate antiquity's starring role in nineteenth-century culture, developing new models for understanding classical reception.
Prologue; 1. Troy and Carthage in the nineteenth century; 2. Homeric pilgrimage, topography and archaeology; 3. The Trojan War at the circus; 4. The Iliad and Aeneid burlesqued; 5. Carthage and future ruins; Epilogue: Troy and Carthage as 'a beacon and a warning'; Appendix A. List of burlesques; Appendix B. Select chronology.