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A Companion to the Classical Tradition
"I have hugely enjoyed reading this book. I have read every single chapter and learned an enormous amount … I welcome this volume most warmly."
(Translation and Literature, Autumn 2008)
“An ambitious and valuable volume … Highly recommended.”
(Choice)
Craig W. Kallendorf (Edited by)
9781444334166, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 15 January 2010
512 pages
24.7 x 17.3 x 2.8 cm, 0.875 kg
A Companion to the Classical Tradition accommodates the pressing need for an up-to-date introduction and overview of the growing field of reception studies.
List of Figures viii List of Maps x Notes on Contributors xi Introduction 1 Craig W. Kallendorf 1 Education 5 Christopher Stray Part I: Periods 15 2 Middle Ages 17 Jan M. Ziolkowski 3 Renaissance 30 Craig W. Kallendorf 4 Baroque 44 Ingrid D. Rowland 5 Neoclassicism 57 Thomas Kaminski 6 Romanticism 72 Bruce Graver 7 Victorian 87 Norman Vance 8 Modernism 101 Kenneth Haynes Part II: Places 115 9 Africa 117 William J. Dominik 10 Central-Eastern Europe 132 Jerzy Axer with the assistance of Katarzyna Tomaszuk 11 France 156 Philip Ford 12 Germany and German-Speaking Europe 169 Volker Riedel 13 Iberian Peninsula 192 Luisa López Grigera 14 Italy 208 David Marsh 15 Latin America 222 Andrew Laird 16 Low Countries 237 Gilbert Tournoy 17 Scandinavia 252 Minna Skafte Jensen 18 United Kingdom 265 Richard Jenkyns 19 United States 279 Ward Briggs Part III: Contemporary Themes 295 20 Reception 297 Charles Martindale 21 Postcolonial Studies 312 Lorna Hardwick 22 Gender and Sexuality 328 Alastair J. L. Blanshard 23 Fascism 342 Katie Fleming 24 Psychology 355 Fabio Stok 25 Modern and Postmodern Art and Architecture 371 Gail Levin 26 Film 393 Karl Galinsky Bibliography 408 Index 471
Subject Areas: History [HB]
