Time and antiquity in American Empire : Roma redux / Mark Storey.

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Storey, Mark

Language: English Series: Oxford studies in American literary historyEdition: 1steditionDescription: vi, 256 pages : illustrations; 24 cmISBN:

9780198871507

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DDC classification:

810.93581 STO

Summary: This is a book about two empires--ancient Rome and the United States--and what happens to historical time when we think about them together. Ranging from the present day to the late eighteenth century, it tracks how the political and cultural imagination turned Roman antiquity into an object of mutual recognition--an analogy--for the imperial US state, sometimes for the sake of its justification and perpetuation, and sometimes as a tool of critique and resistance.

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English Books	Anna Centenary Library 4TH FLOOR, B WING	810.93581 STO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	699066

This is a book about two empires--ancient Rome and the United States--and what happens to historical time when we think about them together. Ranging from the present day to the late eighteenth century, it tracks how the political and cultural imagination turned Roman antiquity into an object of mutual recognition--an analogy--for the imperial US state, sometimes for the sake of its justification and perpetuation, and sometimes as a tool of critique and resistance.

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