Ruins and Empire: The Evolution of a Theme in Augustan and Romantic Literature by Laurence Goldstein

Ruins and Empire: The Evolution of a Theme in Augustan and Romantic Literature

Laurence Goldstein

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One of the most common scenes in Augustan and Romantic literature is that of a writer confronting some emblem of change and loss, most often the remains of a vanished civilization or a desolate natural landscape. Ruins and Empire traces the ruin s...

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