Gilbert Murray reassessed : Hellenism, theatre, and international politics / edited by Christopher Stray.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stray, Christopher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Murray, Gilbert, 1866-1957.

Classicists--Great Britain--Biography.

Translators--Great Britain--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (413 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first comprehensive account of the life and work of the distinguished scholar and public figure Gilbert Murray (1866-1957). Sixteen contributors survey his childhood, his work in the theatre and in international relations, his Greek scholarship and contributions on religion and philosophy, his friendships (including those with Bertrand Russell and A. E. Housman), his long commitment to the Home University Library, his radio work, and his involvement with psychicresearch. The book opens with memoirs by two of his grandchildren. Two biographies of Murray were published in the 1980s,

Contents:

Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; 1. Remembering our Grandfather; 2. A Broken Mirror: Gilbert Murray's Reflections of an Australian Childhood; 3. Gilbert Murray on Greek Literature: The Great/Greek Man's Burden; 4. Gilbert Murray and Greek Religion; 5. Gilbert Murray's Greek Editions; 6. Gilbert Murray's Translations of Greek Tragedy; 7. From the Court to the National: The Theatrical Legacy of Gilbert Murray's Bacchae; 8. Gilbert Murray and A. E. Housman; 9. 'Macte nova virtute, puer!': Gilbert Murray as Mentor and Friend to J. A. K. Thomson

10. Gilbert Murray, Bertrand Russell, and the Theory and Practice of Politics11. Gilbert Murray and International Politics; 12. Retrieving Cosmos: Gilbert Murray's Thought on International Relations; 13. The Classicist as Liberal Intellectual: Gilbert Murray and Alfred Eckhard Zimmern; 14. 'That Living Voice': Gilbert Murray at the BBC; 15. 'Yours Obediently, Gilbert Murray': Letters to The Times; 16. Gilbert Murray and Psychic Research; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-954497-2

1-281-16059-8

9786611160593

0-19-152609-6

1-4356-2137-9

OCLC:

191050385