{"product_id":"classics-and-the-uses-of-reception-isbn-9781405131452","title":"Classics and the Uses of Reception","description":"This landmark collection presents a wide variety of viewpoints on the value and role of reception theory within the modern discipline of classics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eA pioneering collection, looking at the role reception theory plays, or could play, within the modern discipline of classics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmphasizes theoretical aspects of reception.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by a wide range of contributors from young scholars to established figures, from Europe, the UK and the USA.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on material from many different fields, from translation studies to the visual arts, and from politics to performance.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSets the agenda for classics in the future.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction: Thinking Through Reception 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCharles Martindale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Provocation: The Point of Reception Theory 14\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam W. Batstone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Reception in Theory 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Literary History as a Provocation to Reception Studies 23\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRalph Hexter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Discipline and Receive; or, Making an Example out of Marsyas 32\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimothy Saunders Copyrighted Material\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Text, Theory, and Reception 44\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKenneth Haynes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Surfing the Third Wave? Postfeminism and the Hermeneutics of Reception 55\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGenevieve Liveley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Allusion as Reception: Virgil, Milton, and the Modern Reader 67\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCraig Kallendorf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Hector and Andromache: Identification and Appropriation 80\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVanda Zajko\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Passing on the Panpipes: Genre and Reception 92\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMathilde Skoie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 True Histories: Lucian, Bakhtin, and the Pragmatics of Reception 104\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTim Whitmarsh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Uses of Reception: Derrida and the Historical Imperative 116\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMiriam Leonard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Use and Abuse of Antiquity: The Politics and Morality of Appropriation 127\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKatie Fleming\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Studies in Reception 139\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Homeric Moment? Translation, Historicity, and the Meaning of the Classics 141\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlexandra Lianeri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Looking for Ligurinus: An Italian Poet in the Nineteenth Century 153\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard F. Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Foucault’s Antiquity 168\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames I. Porter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Fractured Understandings: Towards a History of Classical Reception among Non-Elite Groups 180\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSiobhán McElduff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Decolonizing the Postcolonial Colonizers: Helen in Derek Walcott’s Omeros 192\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHelen Kaufmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Remodeling Receptions: Greek Drama as Diaspora in Performance 204\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLorna Hardwick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Reception, Performance, and the Sacrifice of Iphigenia 216\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePantelis Michelakis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Reception and Ancient Art: The Case of the Venus de Milo 227\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Prettejohn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Touch of Sappho 250\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSimon Goldhill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 (At) the Visual Point of Reception: Anselm Feuerbach’s \u003ci\u003eDas Gastmahl des Platon; or, Philosophy in Paint \u003c\/i\u003e274\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e John Henderson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Afterword: The Uses of “Reception” 288\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDuncan F. Kennedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 325\u003c\/p\u003e  ?\u003ci\u003eClassics\u003c\/i\u003e has a particular stake in critical thought that addresses the problem of our (as classicists and readers) historical alienation from the texts we read.? (\u003ci\u003eClassics Journal Online\u003c\/i\u003e, September 2009)  \u003cp\u003e\"In this thought-provoking and pioneering volume, the editors have put together a diverse collection of essays, which amply reflect the range of work currently carried out under the umbrella of classical reception studies. There is refreshingly no 'orthodoxy': instead, we are offered a stimulating series of questions, problems and possible solutions, which will help to provide much needed theoretical rigour to this emergent branch of classical scholarship.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFiona Macintosh, University of Oxford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A first-rate collection, with some of the most exciting and most rigorous of modern studies in classical reception.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary Beard, University of Cambridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[A] landmark collection ... The volume as a whole offers readers an enriched theoretical understanding of reception and its uses.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFabula\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This body of work is not just a coordinated foray into someone else's territory; students of classical reception are writing a collective autobiography and developing a new charter for our discipline.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Martindale\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Latin at the University of Bristol He has written extensively on the reception of classical poetry. In addition to the theoretical \u003ci\u003eRedeeming the Text: Latin Poetry and the Hermeneutics of Reception\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), he has edited or coedited collections on the receptions of Virgil, Horace, and Ovid, as well as \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and the Classics\u003c\/i\u003e (2004). His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eLatin Poetry and the Judgement of Taste: An Essay in Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e (2005).\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard F. Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Greek and Latin at Harvard University. His interests are generally focused on Hellenistic Greek and Roman literature, on intertextuality, and on the reception of classical literature in all periods. Recent books include \u003ci\u003eReading Virgil and His Texts: Studies in Intertextuality\u003c\/i\u003e (1999) and \u003ci\u003eVirgil and the Augustan Reception\u003c\/i\u003e (2001). He is currently working on a commentary to Horace, \u003ci\u003eOdes 4\u003c\/i\u003e and a coedited volume on the performance artistry of Bob Dylan.\u003c\/p\u003e  This landmark collection looks at the role reception plays, or could play, within the modern discipline of classics, and presents a wide variety of viewpoints on its value, use, and theoretical underpinnings. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributions by scholars from Europe, the UK, and the USA illustrate a range of different approaches and methodological commitments, and employ material from many different fields, from translation studies to the visual arts, and from politics to performance.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe volume as a whole offers readers an enriched theoretical understanding of reception and its uses, and makes the case for reception constituting a vital part of classics in the future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988926677221,"sku":"NP9781405131452","price":68.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405131452.jpg?v=1761782082","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/classics-and-the-uses-of-reception-isbn-9781405131452","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}