Down From Olympus

Princeton University Press, 2003-01-06. Paperback. Good.

Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.: Princeton University Press, 2003. This is a study of the rise and fall of philhellenism, the love of Greek culture, in Germany that focuses on the cultural history of classical archaeology; includes photographs and other illustrations (pictorial cover with photo of the Acropolis on the front; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock… Read more about this item

Princeton University Press, 2003-01-26. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2003. Softcover. VG (light scratches to wraps; instances of rubbed edge-wear. rubbing to spine ends. remains tightly bound; likely unread). glossy black & tan pictorial wraps w/ white printing. 400 pgs w/ select bw illustrations. In Down from Olympus Suzanne Marchand attempts to come to grips with German Graecophilia, not as a… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New. Argues that nineteenth-century philhellenes inherited both an elitist, normative aesthetics and an ascetic, scholarly ethos from their Romantic predecessors; German "neohumanists" promised to reconcile these intellectual commitments, and by so doing, to revitalize education and the arts.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.

Paperback. Very Good.

UsedVeryGood The cover is clean but does show some wear. .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.