{"product_id":"the-classical-tradition-isbn-9781405155496","title":"The Classical Tradition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Classical Tradition: Art, Literature, Thought\u003c\/i\u003e presents an authoritative, 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 from a classical perspective. The authors provide an overview of developments in the English-speaking, French, German and Italian traditions, a critical review of selected examples and a concise point of reference, engaging in current theoretical debate on various fronts, from hermeneutics to gender.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Figures vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Plates viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrologue ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Overview 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 1 The Classical Tradition and the Scope of Our Book 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 2 Mapping the Field 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 3 Eras 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 4 Sustaining the Tradition: Classics and Education 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 5 Authority and Authorities 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 6 Masters of Knowledge 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 7 Models of Style 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 8 Beacons of Morality 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 9 Love Guides 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 10 Special Relationships 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 11 The Visual Arts: Contexts and Connections 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 12 Popular Culture and Its Problematics 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 13 Languages and Language 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 14 Modes of Engagement 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 15 Translation 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 16 Science and Sensibility 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 17 Looking at the Past 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 18 The Classical Tradition – and the Rest 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Archetypes 249\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 19 Preface 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 20 The Dome 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 21 The Hero 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 22 Word-Genres 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Imaginary 287\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 23 Preface 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 24 Myth 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 25 The City: Rome 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 26 Forms of Government 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 27 The Order of Things 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Making a Difference 341\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 28 Preface 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 29 Originators 346\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 30 Points of Departure 358\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 31 Ideas and Action 375\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Contrasts and Comparisons 391\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 32 Preface 393\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 33 Painting 394\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 34 Political Thought 402\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e§ 35 Poetry 411\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue 428\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 432\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 475\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“It conducts, to its great benefit and ours, a properly theoretical enquiry....The book's structure and contents are highly innovative, with short, packed chapters, in the main driven by ideas not data, jointly written throughout by the three authors with their complementary expertise (so giving an intellectual consistency that a multi-authored volume necessarily lacks)... It belongs in the library of anyone who seriously cares about Western culture.” (\u003ci\u003eTranslation and Literature,\u003c\/i\u003e 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The authors are able to write a most readable book that has the merit to summarize the topic of the afterlife of antiquity with a variety not common in other books on the same subject. The emphasis on architecture, and not only on visual arts, and the references to political and aesthetic thought are most welcome.\"  (\u003ci\u003eEnthymema\u003c\/i\u003e, 28 November 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"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.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eCraig Kallendorf, Texas A\u0026amp;M University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“An exciting read: energetic, considered, sparklingly written. One gets the feeling that all angles have been properly covered. An ambitious project brilliantly realized.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eMatthew Bell, King's College London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eTerence Cave, St John's College, Oxford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“I found the text very readable and I particularly enjoyed the post-post-modernist take on many issues.  It is hugely stimulating and intriguing throughout.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eDeborah Howard, University of Cambridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“I think this is an absolutely splendid text, unique in conception, elegant and ingenious in design, and extremely 'user-friendly' in styling and presentation.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eDavid Hopkins, Bristol University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990188146917,"sku":"NP9781405155496","price":156.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405155496.jpg?v=1761786844","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-classical-tradition-isbn-9781405155496","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}