Lorna (Hrsg.) Hardwick

A Companion to Classical Receptions

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Examining the profusion of ways in which the arts, culture, and thought of Greece and Rome have been transmitted, interpreted, adapted and used, A Companion to Classical Receptions explores the impact of this phenomenon on both ancient and later societies.Provides a comprehensive introduction and overview of classical reception - the interpretation of classical art, culture, and thought in later centuries, and the fastest growing area in classicsBrings together 34 essays by an international group of contributors focused on ancient and modern reception concepts and practicesCombines close readings of key receptions with wider contextualization… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Stray, Christopher (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-4051-5167-2
EAN: 9781405151672
Produktnummer: 3084911
Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Seitenangabe: 560 S.
Masse: H25.5 cm x B18.4 cm x D4.6 cm 1'132 g
Gewicht: 1132
Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational

Über den Autor

Lorna Hardwick is Professor of Classical Studies and Director of the Reception of Classical Texts Research Project at the Open University. Her publications on Greek cultural history and its reception in modern theatre and literature include Translating Words, Translating Cultures (2000), New Surveys in the Classics: Reception Studies (2003) and (co-edited with Carol Gillespie) Classics in Post-colonial Worlds (2007). Christopher Stray is Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Wales, Swansea. He is the author of Classics Transformed: Schools Universities, and Society in England 1830-1960 (1998), and editor of The Owl of Minerva (2005), Classical Books (2007) and Remaking the Classics (2007).