Overview

'Reorganizes the field and challenges our preconceptions in both familiar areas and in disciplines that are not usually treated in studies on the classical tradition. A must read.' - Craig Kallendorf, Texas A&M University 'An exciting read: energetic, considered, sparklingly written. One gets the feeling that all angles have been properly covered. An ambitious project brilliantly realized.' - Matthew Bell, King's College London 'The authors have pulled off the seemingly impossible task of fusing their three voices into a single, urgently argued discourse, and for that reason among many others, this will be a wonderful book to read and to use, for all kinds of readers.' - Terence Cave, St John's College, Oxford 'I found the text very readable and I particularly enjoyed the post-postmodernist take on many issues. It is hugely stimulating and intriguing throughout.' - Deborah Howard, University of Cambridge 'I think this is an absolutely splendid text, unique in conception, elegant and ingenious in design, and extremely ???user-friendly??? in styling and presentation.' - David Hopkins, University of Bristol 'A prodigiously ambitious, cornucopian book . . . so rich that no review will do it justice.' - Paul Barolsky, University of Virginia, Arion 'Impressive power and learning.' - Justus Cobet, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Sehepunkte 'Succeeds in providing an overarching account of a huge sweep of cultural history without losing sight of the host of nuances and particularities associated with such an overwhelmingly large topic.' - Pablo Maurette, University of Chicago, Comparative Critical Studies 'Highly innovative...engrossing...the book is marvellously packed throughout with insights and provocations. It conducts, to its great benefit and ours, a properly theoretical enquiry.' - Charles Martindale, University of Bristol, Translation and Literature The classical tradition – the legacy of Ancient Greece and Rome – is a large, diverse, and important field that continues to shape human endeavour and engender wide public interest. The Classical Tradition: Art, Literature, Thought presents an original, coherent, and wide-ranging guide to the afterlife of Greco-Roman antiquity in later Western cultures and a ground-breaking reinterpretation of large aspects of Western culture as a whole – English-speaking, French, German, and Italian – from a classical perspective. Encompassing almost two millennia of developments in art, literature, and thought, the authors provide an overview of the field, a concise point of reference, and a critical review of selected examples, from Titian to T. S. Eliot, from the hero to concepts of government. They engage in current theoretical debate on various fronts, from hermeneutics to gender. Themes explored include the Western languages and their continuing engagement with Latin and Greek; the role of translation; the intricate relationship of pagan and Christian; the ideological implications of the classical tradition; the interplay between the classical tradition and the histories of scholarship and education; the relation between high and low culture; and the myriad complex relationships – comparative, contrastive, and interactive – between art, literature, and thought themselves. Authoritative and accessible, The Classical Tradition: Art, Literature, Thought offers new insights into the powerful legacy of the ancient world from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the present day.

Full Product Details

Author:   Michael Silk (Michael Silk: King's College London, UK) ,  Ingo Gildenhard (Ingo Gildenhard: Durham University, UK) ,  Rosemary Barrow (Rosemary Barrow: University of Roehampton, UK)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 16.80cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.816kg
ISBN:  

9781405155502

ISBN 10:   1405155507
Pages:   536
Publication Date:   27 October 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

Table of Contents

List of Figures vii List of Plates viii Prologue ix Acknowledgements xiii Part I Overview 1 §1 The Classical Tradition and the Scope of Our Book 3 §2 Mapping the Field 10 §3 Eras 15 §4 Sustaining the Tradition: Classics and Education 32 §5 Authority and Authorities 52 §6 Masters of Knowledge 61 §7 Models of Style 69 §8 Beacons of Morality 79 §9 Love Guides 87 §10 Special Relationships 98 §11 The Visual Arts: Contexts and Connections 102 §12 Popular Culture and Its Problematics 119 §13 Languages and Language 137 §14 Modes of Engagement 166 §15 Translation 173 §16 Science and Sensibility 199 §17 Looking at the Past 224 §18 The Classical Tradition – and the Rest 241 Part II Archetypes 249 §19 Preface 251 §20 The Dome 253 §21 The Hero 263 §22 Word-Genres 276 Part III The Imaginary 287 §23 Preface 289 §24 Myth 292 §25 The City: Rome 306 §26 Forms of Government 322 §27 The Order of Things 331 Part IV Making a Difference 341 §28 Preface 343 §29 Originators 346 §30 Points of Departure 358 §31 Ideas and Action 375 Part V Contrasts and Comparisons 391 §32 Preface 393 §33 Painting 394 §34 Political Thought 402 §35 Poetry 411 Epilogue 428 Bibliography 432 Index 475

Reviews

Author Information

Michael Silk is Emeritus Professor of Classical and Comparative Literature at King's College London, UK, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA. Ingo Gildenhard, is Reader in Classics and the Classical Tradition at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, UK. Rosemary Barrow (d. 2016) was Reader in Classical Art and Reception at the University of Roehampton, London, UK.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions