A handbook to classical reception in Eastern and Central Europe / edited by Zara Martirosova Torlone, Dana La Course Munteanu, Dorota Dutsch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Torlone, Zara M., editor.

Munteanu, Dana LaCourse, 1972- editor.

Dutsch, Dorota, editor.

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Series:

Wiley Blackwell handbooks to classical reception

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Classical literature--Appreciation--Europe, Eastern.

Classical literature.

Classical literature--Appreciation--Europe, Central.

Classical literature--Appreciation--Russia (Federation).

Classical literature--Appreciation--Georgia (Republic).

Classical literature--Appreciation--Armenia (Republic).

Classical literature--Appreciation.

Armenia (Republic).

Central Europe.

Eastern Europe.

Georgia (Republic).

Russia (Federation).

Physical Description:

xviii, 606 pages ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2017.

Summary:

Central and Eastern Europe's rich and longstanding history of classical receptions is largely unknown beyond its borders. A Handbook to Classical Reception in Eastern and Central Europe is the first comprehensive English-language study of the reception of classical antiquity in Eastern and Central Europe. This groundbreaking work offers detailed case studies of 13 countries that are fully contextualized historically, locally, and regionally. This handbook is divided into chapters by country. Case studies delve into the pre-national and national receptions of classical literature and material culture in Croatia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Bulgaria, Russia, Armenia, and Georgia. The volume features contributions from scholars based both within and beyond the region, providing an invaluable range of perspectives which help to extend reception studies into histories, literatures, and cultures previously inaccessible to English speakers. This book unveils ways in which specific national cultures have engaged with classical Greece and Rome and helps readers understand, in turn, how classical antiquity contributed to the idea of nation building in the region. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Croatia / Neven Jovanovic Jovanovic, Neven 13

1 Classical Reception in Croatia: An Introduction / Neven Jovanovic Jovanovic, Neven 15

2 Pula and Split: The Early Modern Tale(s) of Two Ancient Cities / Jasenka Gudelj Gudelj, Jasenka 21

3 Croatian Neo-Latin Literature and Its Uses / Neven Jovanovic Jovanovic, Neven 35

4 The First Dalmatian Humanists and the Classics: A Manuscript Perspective / Luka Spoljaric Spoljaric, Luka 46

5 The Swan Song of the Latin Homer / Petra SoSiaric SoSiaric, Petra 57

Part II Slovenia / Marko Marincic Marincic, Marko 67

6 Classical Reception in Slovenia: An Introduction / Marko Marincic Marincic, Marko 69

7 Collecting Roman Inscriptions Beyond the Alps: Augustinus Tyfernus / Marjeta SaSel Kos Kos, Marjeta SaSel 74

8 Sta. Maria sopra Siwa: Inventing a Slavic Venus / Marko Marincic Marincic, Marko 88

9 Images from Slovenian Dramatic and Theatrical Interpretations of Ancient Drama / Andreja N. Inkret Inkret, Andreja N. 99

Part III Czech Republic / Jan Bazant Bazant, Jan 113

10 Classical Reception in the Czech Republic: An Introduction / Jan Bazant Bazant, Jan 115

11 Classical Antiquity in Czech Literature between the National Revival and the Avant-Garde / Daniela cadková cadková, Daniela 121

12 The Classical Tradition and Nationalism: The Art and Architecture of Prague, 1860-1900 / Jan Bazant Bazant, Jan 133

13 The Case of the Oresteia: Classical Drama on the Czech Stage, 1889-2012 / Alena Sarkissian Sarkissian, Alena 146

Part IV Poland / Dorota Dutsch Dutsch, Dorota 159

14 Classical Reception in Poland: An Introduction / Dorota Dutsch Dutsch, Dorota 161

15 From Fictitious Letters to Celestial Revolutions: Copernicus and the Classics / Dorota Dutsch Dutsch, Dorota, Francois Zdanowicz Zdanowicz, Francois 166

16 Respublica and the Language of Freedom: The Polish Experiment / Anna Grzes'kowiak-Krwawicz Grzes'kowiak-Krwawicz, Anna 179

17 Two Essays on Classical Reception in Poland / Jerzy Axer Axer, Jerzy 190

18 Parallels between Greece and Poland in Juliusz Slowacki's Oeuvre / Maria Kalinowska Kalinowska, Maria 207

Part V Hungary / Farkas Gábor Kiss Kiss, Farkas Gábor 223

19 Classical Reception in Hungary: An Introduction / Farkas Gábor Kiss Kiss, Farkas Gábor 225

20 Classical Reception in Sixteenth-Century Hungarian Drama / Ágnes Juhász-Ormsby Juhász-Ormsby, Ágnes 233

21 Truditur dies die: Reading Horace as a Political Attitude in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Hungary / Ábel Tamás Tamás, Ábel 245

22 The Shepherdess and the Myrmillo: The Sculptor Isrván Ferenczy and the Reception of Classical Antiquity in Hungary / Nórd Veszprémi Veszprémi, Nórd 260

Part VI Romania / Dana LaCourse Munteanu Munteanu, Dana LaCourse 277

23 Classical Reception in Romania: An Introduction / Radu Ardevan Ardevan, Radu, Florin Berindeanu Berindeanu, Florin, Ioan Piso Piso, Ioan 279

24 Loving Vergil, Hating Rome: Cosbuc as Translator and Poet / Carmen Fenechiu Fenechiu, Carmen, Dana LaCourse Munteanu Munteanu, Dana LaCourse 287

25 Noica's Becoming within Being and Meno's Paradox / Octavian Gabor Gabor, Octavian 300

26 Reception of the Tropaeum Traiani: Former Paths and Future Directions / Allison L.C. Emmerson Emmerson, Allison L.C. 312

Part VII Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro / Nada Zecevic Zecevic, Nada 327

27 Classical Reception in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro: An Introduction / Nada Zecevic Zecevic, Nada, Nenad Ristovic Ristovic, Nenad 329

28 Classical Antiquity in the Franciscan Historiography of Bosnia (Eighteenth Century) / Nada Zecevic Zecevic, Nada 336

29 Innovative Impact of the Classical Tradition on Early Modern Serbian Literature / Nenad Ristovic Ristovic, Nenad 347

30 Classical Heritage in Serbian Lyric Poetry of the Twentieth Century: Jovan Ducic / MiloS Crnjanski Crnjanski, MiloS, Ivan V. Lalié Lalié, Ivan V., Ana Petkovic Petkovic, Ana 360

31 The Ancient Sources of NjegoS's Poetics / Darko Todorovic Todorovic, Darko 373

Part VIII Bulgaria / Yoana Sirakova Sirakova, Yoana 387

32 Classical Reception in Bulgaria: An Introduction / Yoana Sirakova Sirakova, Yoana 389

33 Bulgarian Lands in Antiquity: A Melting Pot of Thracian, Greek, and Roman Culture / Mirena Slavova Slavova, Mirena 396

34 In the Labyrinth of Allusions: Ancient Figures in Bulgarian Prose Fiction / Violeta Gerjikova Gerjikova, Violeta 411

35 "Bulgarian" Orpheus between the National and the Foreign, between Antiquity and Postmodernism / Yoana Sirakova Sirakova, Yoana 423

36 Staging of Ancient Tragedies in Bulgaria and Their Influence on the Process of Translation and Creative Reception / Dorothea Tabakova Tabakova, Dorothea 437

Part IX Russia / Judith E. Kalb Kalb, Judith E. 449

37 Classical Reception in Russia: An Introduction / Judith E. Kalb Kalb, Judith E. 451

38 "Men in Cases": The Perception of Classical Schools in Prerevolutionary Russia / Grigory Starikovsky Starikovsky, Grigory 457

39 Homer in Russia / Judith E. Kalb Kalb, Judith E. 469

40 Vergil in Russia: Milestones of Identity / Zara Martirosova Torlone Torlone, Zara Martirosova 480

41 Russian Encounters with Classical Antiquities: Archaeology, Museums, and National Identity in the Tsarist Empire / Caspar Meyer Meyer, Caspar 493

Part X Armenia and Georgia / Zara Martirosova Torlone Torlone, Zara Martirosova 507

42 Armenian Culture and Classical Antiquity / Armen Kdzaryan Kdzaryan, Armen, Gohar Muradyan Muradyan, Gohar 509

43 Medieval Greek-Armenian Literary Relations / Gohar Muradyan Muradyan, Gohar 516

44 The "Classical" Trend of the Armenian Architectural School of Ani: The Greco-Roman Model and the Conversion of Medieval Art / Armen Kdzaryan Kdzaryan, Armen 528

45 Classical Reception in Georgia: An Introduction / Ketevan Gurchiani Gurchiani, Ketevan 541

46 Greek Tragedy on the Georgian Stage in the Twentieth Century / Ketevan Gurchiani Gurchiani, Ketevan 548.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781118832714

111883271X

OCLC:

951506302