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Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Einband berieben, sonst ein sehr gutes Exemplar / binding rubbed, otherwise a very good copy. - Contents Preface I SHIFTING BOUNDARIES i The religious and the secular in Victorian Britain 2 Cultural apostasy and the foundations of Victorian intellectual life 3 The crisis of faith and the faith that was lost 4 The secularization of the social vision of British natural theology II SCIENCE AND THE WIDER CULTURE 5 Victorian scientific naturalism and Thomas Carlyle 6 Rainfall, plagues, and the Prince of Wales 7 The Victorian conflict between science and religion: a professional dimension 8 Public science in Britain: 1880-1919 III MODERNS AND ANCIENTS 9 British politics and the demise of the Roman republic: 1700-1939 10 Ancient materialism and modern science: Lucretius among the Victorians 11 Virgil in Victorian classical contexts 12 The triumph of idealism in Victorian classical studies Index. ISBN 9780521372572