Robert J. Rabel

Robert E. Sherwood and the Classical Tradition (eBook, ePUB)

The Muses in America

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume explores the reception of the classical past in the works of 20th century American dramatist Robert E. Sherwood and his use of the ancient world to critique key events and trends in American history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000079319
• Artikelnr.: 59751144

Autorenporträt

Robert J. Rabel is Professor of Classics at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. He has also taught at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. He is the author of Plot and Point of View in the Iliad (1997) and editor of Approaches to Homer, Ancient and Modern (2005). He has also written articles on Homer, Greek tragedy, Greek and Roman philosophy, Greek history, Roman epic, Classics and film, and Classical influences on American drama. He is currently working on a book dealing with the survival of Greek and Roman gods and goddesses in nineteenth- and twentieth-century fiction.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A Group of Brilliant People Named Robert E. Sherwood
1. The Curious Case of Barnum Was Right
2. Robert E. Sherwood on The Road to Rome: The Ghosts of Battle
3. Acropolis
4. Post Acropolis, Post Apocalypse
Conclusion