{"product_id":"mediterranean-heritage-routledge-revivals","title":"Mediterranean Heritage (Routledge Revivals)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMediterranean Heritage\u003c\/em\u003e, first published in 1978,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a wide-ranging and perceptive discussion of the often concealed links between English culture and the common heritage of Western Europe: the Graeco-Roman legacy of the Mediterranean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere seems to have been no time when England has not been in touch with the civilisations of Greece and Italy: even Stonehenge, the most dramatic survivor of our remotest past, has a carved dagger of Mycenaean pattern among its ornaments. The pioneers of a distinctly English creative vision – Shakespeare, Sidney, Milton – clearly looked to Italy. Throughout the eighteenth century ‘grand tourists’ found southern Europe irresistible. The Romantics all became enraptured by the Mediterranean, and passed on their fascination in some of the most passionate poetry in English. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppearing at a time which England is more obviously a part of Europe than she has been for sixteen hundred years, \u003ci\u003eMediterranean Heritage\u003c\/i\u003e provides valuable insights into the origins of our culture’s greatest achievements. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54246211060056,"sku":"9781138017528","price":58.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138017528.jpg?v=1769850940","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/mediterranean-heritage-routledge-revivals","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}