The Oxford history of classical reception in English literature. Volume 4, 1790-1880 / edited by Norman Vance and Jennifer Wallace.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vance, Norman, 1950- editor.

Wallace, Jennifer, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Classical influences.

English literature.

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English literature--18th century--History and criticism.

Classical literature--Appreciation--Great Britain.

Classical literature.

Classical literature--Appreciation.

Classical literature--Influence.

Great Britain.

Greece--In literature.

Greece.

Rome--In literature.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

English literature--Early modern.

Literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xiv, 746 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

History of classical reception in English literature

1790-1880

Place of Publication:

[Oxford] : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Summary:

The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature (OHCREL) is designed to offer a comprehensive investigation of the numerous and diverse ways in which literary texts of the classical world have been responded to and refashioned by English writers. Covering the full range of English literature from the early Middle Ages to the present day, OHCREL both synthesizes existing scholarship and presents cutting-edge new research, employing an international team of expert" contributors for each of the 5 volumes. OHCREL endeavours to interrogate, rather than inertly reiterate, conventional assumptions about literary 'periods', the processes of canon formation, and the relations between literary and non-literary, discourse. It conceives of 'reception' as a complex process of dialogic exchange and, rather than offering large cultural generalizations, it engages in close critical analysis of literary texts. It explores in detail the ways in which English writers' engagement with classical literature casts as much light on the classical originals as it does on the English writers' own cultural context. When completed, this 5 -volume history will be one of the largest, and potentially most important, projects in the field of classical reception ever undertaken. This fourth volume, and second to appear in the series, covers the years 1790-1880 and explores Romantic and Victorian receptions of the classics. Noting the changing fortunes of particular classical authors and the influence of developments in archaeology, aesthetics, and education, it traces the interplay between classical and nineteenth-century perceptions of gender, class, religion, and the politics of republic and empire in chapters engaging with many of the major writers of this period. Book jacket.

Contents:

Contexts and Genres

1 Classical Authors, 1790-1880 / Norman Vance Vance, Norman 29

2 'The principle of the daguerreotype': Translation from the Classics / John Talbot Talbot, John 57

3 Education and Reading / Christopher Stray Stray, Christopher 79

4 Political Writing and Class / Edmund Richardson Richardson, Edmund 103

5 Barbarism and Civilization: Political Writing, History, and Empire / Phiroze Vasunia Vasunia, Phiroze 131

6 American Literature and Classical Consciousness / Paul Giles Giles, Paul 159

7 Myth and Religion / Norman Vance Vance, Norman 185

8 Art, Aesthetics, and Archaeological Poetics / Jonah Siegel Siegel, Jonah 203

9 'Greek under the trees': Classical Reception and Gender / Jennifer Wallace Wallace, Jennifer 243

10 The Novel / Norman Vance Vance, Norman 279

11 Hakespearean Sophocles: (Re)-discovering and Performing Greek Tragedy in the Nineteenth Century / Fiona Macintosh Macintosh, Fiona 299

Authors

12 William Wordsworth / James Castell Castell, James 325

13 Coleridge: The Reception and Transmission of Classical Learning / J. C. C. Mays Mays, J. C. C. 347

14 Walter Savage Landor and the Classics / Adam Roberts Roberts, Adam 365

15 The Unexpected Latinist: Byron and the Roman Muse / Timothy Webb Webb, Timothy 385

16 The Younger Romantics: Leigh Hunt, Keats, and Shelley / Jennifer Wallace Wallace, Jennifer 413

17 Elizabeth Barrett Browning / Isobel Hurst Hurst, Isobel 449

18 Matthew Arnold / Nicholas Shrimpton Shrimpton, Nicholas 471

19 Arthur Hugh Clough / Isobel Hurst Hurst, Isobel 495

20 Translating Tragedy: Robert Browning's Greek Decade / Yopie Prins Prins, Yopie 509

21 Tennyson / A. A. Markley Markley, A. A. 539

22 William Morris / Stephen Harrison Harrison, Stephen 559

23 George Eliot / Shanyn Fiske Fiske, Shanyn 579

24 Thomas Hardy / Ralph Pite Pite, Ralph 601

25 Swinburne / Charlotte Ribeyrol Ribeyrol, Charlotte 619

26 Towards the Fin de Siècle: Walter Pater and John Addington Symonds / Stefano Evangelista Evangelista, Stefano 643

Classical Reception in English Literature, 1790-1880: An Annotated Bibliography / Norman Vance Vance, Norman 669.

Notes:

Fourth volume in a 5 volume set, with volume 3 appearing first.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199594603

0199594600

OCLC:

898153042