Greece on air : engagements with Ancient Greece on BBC Radio, 1920s-1960s / Amanda Wrigley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wrigley, Amanda, author.

Series:

Classical presences

Classical Presences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Ancient, in popular culture--Great Britain--History.

Civilization, Ancient, in popular culture.

Greek literature--Appreciation--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Greek literature.

Public service radio programs--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Public service radio programs.

Greek literature--Appreciation.

History.

Great Britain.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xix, 328 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Summary:

Greece on Air' offers a discussion of the fascinating history of public engagements thought via the BBC Radio, from the birth of domestic broadcasting in the 1920s up to the 1960s. The range of programmes broadcast in this period includes engagements with ideas from and about ancient Greece in twentieth-century Britain. Wrigley draws on the vast amount of evidence that exists in the written archives to develop a full understanding of the role of the radio medium in public engagements with ancient Greece in twentieth-century Britain.

ISBN:

9780199644780

0199644780

OCLC:

857109112