"Asiatick Fire & Figure," or, How Joseph Emin Made Mrs. Montagu an Avant-garde Critic in Her Empathy with the East
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DOI: 10.1353/hlq.2018.0026
Abstract: abstract:Against a background of fears that Britain might repeat the Roman decline into imperial decadence, indolence, and corruption, this essay attempts to explore the appeal of Joseph Emin for a whole swath of the haut… read more here.
Keywords: joseph; figure joseph; joseph emin; asiatick fire ... See more keywords