The Reception of Classical Texts and Images. Part 1 and 2 together. The January Conference 1996, held at The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK, 3/4th January 1996.

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Published by Milton Keynes: The Open University, Department of Classical Studies, 1996

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264 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Part 1 very good and clean, part 2 with stains on the cover and curved, text very clean. - Contents: .Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- PART ONE. RECEPTION WITHIN ANTIQUITY -- The Ancient Reception of Pheidias' Athena Parthenos and Zeus Olympios: The visual evidence in context. By Kenneth Lapatin (Boston University, USA) -- Paradise Lost? Authority and reception in the presentation of mortal/immortal relationships in Archaic Greek Epic. By Chris Emlyn-Jones (The Open University, UK) -- The Classical Past in the Classicising Historians. By Geoffrey Greatrex (The Open University, UK) -- Hallowed Words or Melting Pot? Sidonius Apollinaris' use of the poetic tradition. By Lynette Watson (University of London, UK) -- Routes to reception: The case of Orpheus in early Christian art. By Janet Huskinson, (The Open University, UK) -- Reading Receptions. By Jan Parker (The Open University, UK) -- Michael Psellus on Euripides and George of Pisidia. By Mary Whitby (University of London, UK) -- PART TWO. FROM MEDIEVAL TO MODERN RECEPTION -- The Destructive Potential of Anger: An ancient theme given new life in Heinrich von Veldeke's Eneasroman. By Carol Magner (University of London, UK) -- In Defence of the Amerindian: Bartolome de Las Casas's classical Strategies. By Geoffrey Eatough (University of Wales, Lampeter, UK) -- Alexander The Great and the popular (anti-) hero. By Diana Spencer (University of Cambridge, UK) -- Inheritors of the Shield: an Homeric Mise En Abyme. By Paula James, (The Open University, UK) -- '.and a chorus of Corinthian women.': Use of the Chorus in recent productions of Euripides' Medea. By Ruth Hazel, (The Open University, UK) -- A Daidalos in the late-modern age? Transplanting Homer into Derek Walcott's The Odyssey: A stage version. By Loma Hardwick, (The Open University, UK) -- Author(s) and Authority: Brian Friel's Living Quarters. By Richard Jones, (University of Kansas, USA). Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 2 original brochures, spiral binding. …

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Title
The Reception of Classical Texts and Images. Part 1 and 2 together. The January Conference 1996, held at The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK, 3/4th January 1996.
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Hardwick, Lorna and Stanley Ireland (eds.):
Publisher
Milton Keynes: The Open University, Department of Classical Studies
Publication year
1996
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Gut
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Soft cover
Language
English
Item weight
550 grams
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