{"product_id":"classics-and-the-uses-of-reception-paperback-softback-9781405131452","title":"Classics and the Uses of Reception (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405131452","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eClassics and the Uses of Reception\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharles Martindale (Edited by), CA Martindale (Author), Richard F. Thomas (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405131452, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 31 August 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.8 x 17.3 x 2 cm, 0.608 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e?\u003ci\u003eClassics\u003c\/i\u003e has a particular stake in critical thought that addresses the problem of our (as classicists and readers) historical alienation from the texts we read.? (\u003ci\u003eClassics Journal Online\u003c\/i\u003e, September 2009)  \u003cp\u003e\"In this thought-provoking and pioneering volume, the editors have put together a diverse collection of essays, which amply reflect the range of work currently carried out under the umbrella of classical reception studies. There is refreshingly no 'orthodoxy': instead, we are offered a stimulating series of questions, problems and possible solutions, which will help to provide much needed theoretical rigour to this emergent branch of classical scholarship.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFiona Macintosh, University of Oxford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A first-rate collection, with some of the most exciting and most rigorous of modern studies in classical reception.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary Beard, University of Cambridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[A] landmark collection ... The volume as a whole offers readers an enriched theoretical understanding of reception and its uses.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFabula\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This body of work is not just a coordinated foray into someone else's territory; students of classical reception are writing a collective autobiography and developing a new charter for our discipline.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis landmark collection presents a wide variety of viewpoints on the value and role of reception theory within the modern discipline of classics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eA pioneering collection, looking at the role reception theory plays, or could play, within the modern discipline of classics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmphasizes theoretical aspects of reception.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by a wide range of contributors from young scholars to established figures, from Europe, the UK and the USA.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on material from many different fields, from translation studies to the visual arts, and from politics to performance.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSets the agenda for classics in the future.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction: Thinking Through Reception 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCharles Martindale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Provocation: The Point of Reception Theory 14\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam W. Batstone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Reception in Theory 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Literary History as a Provocation to Reception Studies 23\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRalph Hexter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Discipline and Receive; or, Making an Example out of Marsyas 32\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimothy Saunders Copyrighted Material\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Text, Theory, and Reception 44\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKenneth Haynes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Surfing the Third Wave? Postfeminism and the Hermeneutics of Reception 55\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGenevieve Liveley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Allusion as Reception: Virgil, Milton, and the Modern Reader 67\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCraig Kallendorf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Hector and Andromache: Identification and Appropriation 80\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVanda Zajko\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Passing on the Panpipes: Genre and Reception 92\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMathilde Skoie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 True Histories: Lucian, Bakhtin, and the Pragmatics of Reception 104\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTim Whitmarsh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Uses of Reception: Derrida and the Historical Imperative 116\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMiriam Leonard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Use and Abuse of Antiquity: The Politics and Morality of Appropriation 127\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKatie Fleming\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Studies in Reception 139\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Homeric Moment? Translation, Historicity, and the Meaning of the Classics 141\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlexandra Lianeri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Looking for Ligurinus: An Italian Poet in the Nineteenth Century 153\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard F. Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Foucault’s Antiquity 168\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames I. Porter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Fractured Understandings: Towards a History of Classical Reception among Non-Elite Groups 180\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSiobhán McElduff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Decolonizing the Postcolonial Colonizers: Helen in Derek Walcott’s Omeros 192\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHelen Kaufmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Remodeling Receptions: Greek Drama as Diaspora in Performance 204\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLorna Hardwick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Reception, Performance, and the Sacrifice of Iphigenia 216\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePantelis Michelakis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Reception and Ancient Art: The Case of the Venus de Milo 227\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Prettejohn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Touch of Sappho 250\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSimon Goldhill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 (At) the Visual Point of Reception: Anselm Feuerbach’s \u003ci\u003eDas Gastmahl des Platon; or, Philosophy in Paint \u003c\/i\u003e274\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e John Henderson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Afterword: The Uses of “Reception” 288\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDuncan F. Kennedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 325\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52173688668440,"sku":"9781405131452","price":40.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405131452.jpg?v=1781167131","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/classics-and-the-uses-of-reception-paperback-softback-9781405131452","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}