Seeking the sacred: Edward Elgar's 'Caractacus' and surpassing the Roman empire

Blunnie, Róisín orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-6626-010X (2016) Seeking the sacred: Edward Elgar's 'Caractacus' and surpassing the Roman empire. Religion, Education, and the Arts, 10 . pp. 28-46. ISSN 1649-3591

Abstract
This article explores Edward Elgar's attempts to ascribe Christian traits to the pagan king, Caractacus, in the cantata 'Caractacus' (1898), in an attempt to portray the late-Victorian British Empire as superior to the ancient Roman Empire.
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Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Subjects:Humanities > Culture
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Theology, Philosophy, & Music
Publisher:Mater Dei Institute
Copyright Information:© 2016 The Author
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:23380
Deposited On:29 May 2019 15:52 by Roisin Blunnie . Last Modified 30 May 2019 09:01
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