A Companion to Classical Receptions

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Examining the profusion of ways in which the arts, culture, andthought of Greece and Rome have been transmitted, interpreted,adapted and used, A Companion to Classical Receptionsexplores the impact of this phenomenon on both ancient and latersocieties. * Provides a comprehensive introduction and overview of classicalreception - the interpretation of classical art, culture, andthought in later centuries, and the fastest growing area inclassics * Brings together 34 essays by an international group ofcontributors focused on ancient and modern reception concepts andpractices * Combines close readings of key receptions with widercontextualization and discussion * Explores the impact of Greek and Roman culture worldwide,including crucial new areas in Arabic literature, South Africandrama, the history of photography, and contemporary ethics

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Lorna Hardwick

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"This variegated and sizeable volume has for me been stimulatingand informative, a pleasure to read for review . . . The'future paths' he proposes seem to me to amount to differentconfigurations of intellectual history, so no surprises there; buthis clear statement of the opportunities offered by receptionstudies in the classroom is admirable, and his call for 'anew kind of classicist-academic: the engaged public intellectual'is visionary. " (Translation and Literature, 2011) "It is impossible in a short review to do justice to everysingle contribution of this multifaceted volume. One of the manyattractive features of this collection is that it offers not onlyinnovative essays about the reception and translation of the mostread authors of antiquity ... but also expands the horizon ofthe reception studies by introducing into the discussionuntraditional themes and providing original approaches to theconcepts frequently discussed in the context of reception."(The Classical Outlook, Fall 2008) "This volume is an essential introduction to reception studiesfor both school and university students ... .Written in anaccessible and engaging manner with useful sections for furtherreading." (Journal of Classics Teaching, Autumn 2008) "...importantly, this volume exemplifies the recent boom inreception studies, and its potential to critique our subject andmethodology." (Greece and Rome, Vol 55 No. 2 2008) "The scale of this enterprise is such that the completecollection will compete with established reference works ...and should prove useful." (Scholia Reviews, 2008) "Hardwick and Stray's Companion pushes lingering worries aboutelitism and irrelevance right off the table. Companion offers boldreasons to treat classical studies as the cosmopolitan glue of thepostmodern world. The book sparkles with the excitement that makesA Companion to Classical Receptions such an eye-opening delight."(Times Literary Supplement, October 2008) "Bursting-at-the-seams ... An eye-opening delight."(Times Literary Supplement) "A spectacular volume from the massive series of 'BlackwellCompanions to the Ancient World' ... The editors have pulled ina wider splay of trades and topics than any of their companions'companions or their own now mushrooming rivals can boast." (BrynMawr Classical Review) "There is sufficient careful scholarship, critical analysis, andcontextualisation in this collection to warrant the claim that itprovides a sophisticated and far-ranging overview of thisburgeoning and dynamic field." (Scholia)
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