A Companion to Classical Receptions

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Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies Lorna Hardwick, Lorna Hardwick, Christopher Stray
Wiley, 2008 - 538 pages
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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 classics
  • Brings together 34 essays by an international group of contributors focused on ancient and modern reception concepts and practices
  • Combines close readings of key receptions with wider contextualization and discussion
  • Explores the impact of Greek and Roman culture worldwide, including crucial new areas in Arabic literature, South African drama, the history of photography, and contemporary ethics

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Contents

Reception and Tradition
13
The Ancient Reception of Homer
26
Achaemenid Persia Ancient
50
Copyright

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About the author (2008)

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).

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TitleA Companion to Classical Receptions
Volume 38 of Blackwell Companions to the An
Volume 38 of Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World, ISSN 2691-1264
Blackwell companions to the ancient world: Literature and culture
EditorsProfessor Emeritus of Classical Studies Lorna Hardwick, Lorna Hardwick, Christopher Stray
Editionillustrated
PublisherWiley, 2008
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized15 Jul 2008
ISBN1405151676, 9781405151672
Length538 pages
  
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