A Companion to the Classical Tradition

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Craig W. Kallendorf
John Wiley & Sons, 2010 M02 1 - 512 páginas
A Companion to the Classical Tradition accommodates the pressing need for an up-to-date introduction and overview of the growing field of reception studies.
  • A comprehensive introduction and overview of the classical tradition - the interpretation of classical texts in later centuries
  • Comprises 26 newly commissioned essays from an international team of experts
  • Divided into three sections: a chronological survey, a geographical survey, and a section illustrating the connections between the classical tradition and contemporary theory
 

Contenido

Contents
2
Middle Ages
17
Renaissance
30
Baroque
44
Neoclassicism
57
Romanticism
72
Victorian
87
Modernism
101
Latin America
222
Low Countries
237
Scandinavia
252
United Kingdom
265
United States
279
Contemporary Themes
295
Gender and Sexuality
328
Bibliography
408

Africa
117
CentralEastern Europe
132
France
156

Términos y frases comunes

Acerca del autor (2010)

Craig W. Kallendorf is Professor of English and Classics at Texas A&M University. He is the author of In Praise of Aeneas (1989), Virgil and the Myth of Venice (2000), and The Other Virgil (2007) as well as over 30 articles on the classical tradition.

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