Classics and the uses of reception / edited by Charles Martindale and Richard F. Thomas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Martindale, Charles.

Thomas, Richard F., 1950-

Series:

Classical receptions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Classical literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Classical literature.

Reader-response criticism.

Arts, Classical.

Physical Description:

xiii, 335 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2006.

Summary:

This landmark collection looks at the role reception plays, or could play, within the modern discipline of classics, and presents a wide variety of viewpoints on its value, use, and theoretical underpinnings.Contributions by scholars from Europe, the UK, and the USA illustrate a range of different approaches and methodological commitments, and employ material from many different fields, from translation studies to the visual arts, and from politics to performance.The volume as a whole offers readers an enriched theoretical understanding of reception and its uses, and makes the case for reception constituting a vital part of classics in the future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [294]-324) and index.

ISBN:

1405131462

1405131454

OCLC:

62179169

Publisher Number:

9781405131469

9781405131452