Troy, Carthage and the Victorians

Rachel Bryant Davies holds an Addison Wheeler Fellowship in Classics with the Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies at the University of Durham and is an Early Career Associate with the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of Oxford. She contributed to Cities of God (Cambridge, 2013) and is author of Victorian Epic Burlesques (forthcoming).

• Prologue; 1. Troy and Carthage in the nineteenth century; 2. Homeric pilgrimage, topography and archaeology; 3. The Trojan War at the circus; 4. The Iliad and Aeneid burlesqued; 5. Carthage and future ruins; Epilogue: Troy and Carthage as 'a beacon and a warning'; Appendix A. List of burlesques; Appendix B. Select chronology.

'The book is learned and insightful, filled with archival discoveries and analysis of overlooked source material … makes a strong contribution to reception studies, analysis of cultural discourse in nineteenth-century Britain, and the history of popular culture …' Elena N. Boeck, Bryn Mawr Classical Review