Full Description
The book discusses the development of Polish studies on Greek antiquity in the first half of the nineteenth century. Junkiert scrutinizes the relationship of Polish intellectuals with their predecessors in this field in France and the German-speaking culture. The book describes scholarly rivalry between nations in search of their own visions of antiquity. Methodologically, the book develops the vein of classical reception studies. The key figures of this study are Adam Mickiewicz, Joachim Lelewel, and Gottfried Ernst Groddeck.
Contents
Chapter 1. The Birth of Historicism and the German Griechenmythos
Chapter 2. Changes in the Classical Tradition in the Works of Groddeck and Lelewel
Chapter 3. Adam Mickiewicz's Lausanne Lectures and Their German Sources
Chapter 4. Black Athena in the Paris Lectures
