Classics and the Uses of Reception (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Martindale, Charles; Thomas, Richard F.

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Produktbeschreibung

This landmark collection presents a wide variety of viewpoints on the value and role of reception theory within the modern discipline of classics. * A pioneering collection, looking at the role reception theory plays, or could play, within the modern discipline of classics. * Emphasizes theoretical aspects of reception. * Written by a wide range of contributors from young scholars to established figures, from Europe, the UK and the USA. * Draws on material from many different fields, from translation studies to the visual arts, and from politics to performance. * Sets the agenda for classics in the future.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470775448
• Artikelnr.: 38194560

Autorenporträt

Charles Martindale is Professor of Latin at the University of Bristol He has written extensively on the reception of classical poetry. In addition to the theoretical Redeeming the Text: Latin Poetry and the Hermeneutics of Reception (1993), he has edited or coedited collections on the receptions of Virgil, Horace, and Ovid, as well as Shakespeare and the Classics (2004). His most recent book is Latin Poetry and the Judgement of Taste: An Essay in Aesthetics (2005). Richard F. Thomas is Professor of Greek and Latin at Harvard University. His interests are generally focused on Hellenistic Greek and Roman literature, on intertextuality, and on the reception of classical literature in all periods. Recent books include Reading Virgil and His Texts: Studies in Intertextuality (1999) and Virgil and the Augustan Reception (2001). He is currently working on a commentary to Horace, Odes 4 and a coedited volume on the performance artistry of Bob Dylan.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction: Thinking Through
Reception 1
Charles Martindale
1 Provocation: The Point of Reception Theory 14
William W. Batstone
Part I Reception in Theory 21
2 Literary History as a Provocation to Reception Studies 23
Ralph Hexter
3 Discipline and Receive; or, Making an Example out of Marsyas 32
Timothy Saunders Copyrighted Material
4 Text, Theory, and Reception 44
Kenneth Haynes
5 Surfing the Third Wave? Postfeminism and the Hermeneutics of Reception 55
Genevieve Liveley
6 Allusion as Reception: Virgil, Milton, and the Modern Reader 67
Craig Kallendorf
7 Hector and Andromache: Identification and Appropriation 80
Vanda Zajko
8 Passing on the Panpipes: Genre and Reception 92
Mathilde Skoie
9 True Histories: Lucian, Bakhtin, and the Pragmatics of Reception 104
Tim Whitmarsh
10 The Uses of Reception: Derrida and the Historical Imperative 116
Miriam Leonard
11 The Use and Abuse of Antiquity: The Politics and Morality of
Appropriation 127
Katie Fleming
Part II Studies in Reception 139
12 The Homeric Moment? Translation, Historicity, and the Meaning of the
Classics 141
Alexandra Lianeri
13 Looking for Ligurinus: An Italian Poet in the Nineteenth Century 153
Richard F. Thomas
14 Foucault's Antiquity 168
James I. Porter
15 Fractured Understandings: Towards a History of Classical Reception among
Non-Elite Groups 180
Siobhán McElduff
16 Decolonizing the Postcolonial Colonizers: Helen in Derek Walcott's
Omeros 192
Helen Kaufmann
17 Remodeling Receptions: Greek Drama as Diaspora in Performance 204
Lorna Hardwick
18 Reception, Performance, and the Sacrifice of Iphigenia 216
Pantelis Michelakis
19 Reception and Ancient Art: The Case of the Venus de Milo 227
Elizabeth Prettejohn
20 The Touch of Sappho 250
Simon Goldhill
21 (At) the Visual Point of Reception: Anselm Feuerbach's Das Gastmahl des
Platon; or, Philosophy in Paint 274
John Henderson
22 Afterword: The Uses of "Reception" 288
Duncan F. Kennedy
Bibliography 294
Index 325

Rezensionen

?Classics has a particular stake in critical thought thataddresses the problem of our (as classicists and readers)historical alienation from the texts we read.? (Classics JournalOnline, September 2009)

"In this thought-provoking and pioneering volume, the editorshave put together a diverse collection of essays, which amplyreflect the range of work currently carried out under the umbrellaof classical reception studies. There is refreshingly no'orthodoxy': instead, we are offered a stimulating series ofquestions, problems and possible solutions, which will help toprovide much needed theoretical rigour to this emergent branch ofclassical scholarship."
Fiona Macintosh, University of Oxford

"A first-rate collection, with some of the most exciting andmost rigorous of modern studies in classical reception."
Mary Beard, University of Cambridge

"[A] landmark collection ... The volume as a whole offersreaders an enriched theoretical understanding of reception and itsuses."
Fabula

"This body of work is not just a coordinated foray into someoneelse's territory; students of classical reception are writing acollective autobiography and developing a new charter for ourdiscipline."
Bryn Mawr Classical Review