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Reception Studies

Part of New Surveys in the Classics

Author: Lorna Hardwick, The Open University, Milton Keynes

Date Published: May 2003
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format: Paperback
isbn: 9780198528654

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The texts, images and events of the ancient world have been used both as sources of authority and exploitation in politics, culture and society and as icons of resistance and contest. How classical culture is transplanted into new contexts, how texts are translated and performed and how Greek and Roman values are perceived and used continues to be a force in current debates. The main concepts and explanatory frameworks used in the field are introduced through chapters on reception within antiquity and case studies of more recent receptions from Africa, the Caribbean, Europe and the USA. The book will be of use to all those interested in the relationship between the arts, culture and society as well as to students and teachers of classical subjects and of literature, drama, film and comparative cultural studies.
- Introduces and explains the main concepts used in classical reception studies
- Discusses the importance of attitudes to the past and adaptation of art and myth within antiquity as well as subsequently
- Analyses the impact of translations, versions and cross-genre developments in a variety of countries and cultures
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- Date Published: May 2003
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780198528654
- length: 136 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 156 x 9 mm
- weight: 0.217kg
- contains: 8 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
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1. From the Classical Tradition to Reception Studies
2. Reception within Antiquity
3. Challenging Stereotypes - the Contexts of Reception
4. Staging Receptions
5. Film and Poetry
6. (Re)Evalutations - (why) do Reception Studies matter?
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Lorna Hardwick, The Open University, Milton Keynes