Classics and the Uses of Reception
Classical Receptions
1. Auflage August 2006
352 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-1-4051-3146-9
John Wiley & Sons
This landmark collection presents a wide variety of viewpoints on
the value and role of reception theory within the modern discipline
of classics.
* A pioneering collection, looking at the role reception theory
plays, or could play, within the modern discipline of
classics.
* Emphasizes theoretical aspects of reception.
* Written by a wide range of contributors from young scholars to
established figures, from Europe, the UK and the USA.
* Draws on material from many different fields, from translation
studies to the visual arts, and from politics to performance.
* Sets the agenda for classics in the future.
List of Figures.
Notes on Contributors.
Introduction: Thinking Through Reception (Charles
Martindale).
1. Provocation: The Point of Reception Theory (William W.
Batstone).
Part I. Reception in Theory.
2. Literary History as a Provocation to Reception Studies (Ralph
Hexter).
3. Discipline and Receive; or, Making an Example out of Marsyas
(Timothy Saunders).
4. Text, Theory, and Reception (Kenneth Haynes).
5. Surfing the Third Wave? Postfeminism and the Hermeneutics of
Reception (Genevieve Liveley).
6. Allusion as Reception: Virgil, Milton, and the Modern Reader
(Craig Kallendorf).
7. Hector and Andromache: Identification and Appropriation
(Vanda Zajko).
8. Passing on the Panpipe: Genre and Reception (Mathilde
Skoie).
9. True Histories: Lucien, Bakhtin, and the Pragmatics of
Reception (Tim Whitmarsh).
10. The Uses of Reception: Derrida and the Historical Imperative
(Miriam Leonard).
11. The Use and Abuse of Antiquity: The Politics and Morality of
Appropriation (Katie Fleming).
Part II. Studies in Reception.
12. The Homeric Moment? Translation, Historicity, and the
Meaning of the Classics (Alexandra Lianeri).
13. Looking for Ligurinus: An Italian Poet in the Nineteenth
Century (Richard F. Thomas).
14. Foucault's Antiquity (James I. Porter).
15. Fractured Understandings: Towards a History of Classical
Reception Among Non-Elite Groups (Siobhán McElduff).
16. Decolonizing the Postcolonial Colonizers: Helen in Derek
Walcott's Omeros (Helen Kaufmann).
17. Remodeling Receptions: Greek Drama as Diaspora in
Performance (Lorna Hardwick).
18. Reception, Performance, and the Sacrifice of Iphigenia
(Pantelis Michelakis).
19. Reception and Ancient Art: The Case of the Venus de Milo
(Elizabeth Prettejohn).
20. The Touch of Sappho (Simon Goldhill).
21. (At) the Visual Point of Reception: Anselm Feuerbach's
Das Gastmahl des Platon; or, Philosophy in Paint (John
Henderson).
22. Afterword: The Uses of "Reception" (Duncan F. Kennedy).
Bibliography.
Index.
Notes on Contributors.
Introduction: Thinking Through Reception (Charles
Martindale).
1. Provocation: The Point of Reception Theory (William W.
Batstone).
Part I. Reception in Theory.
2. Literary History as a Provocation to Reception Studies (Ralph
Hexter).
3. Discipline and Receive; or, Making an Example out of Marsyas
(Timothy Saunders).
4. Text, Theory, and Reception (Kenneth Haynes).
5. Surfing the Third Wave? Postfeminism and the Hermeneutics of
Reception (Genevieve Liveley).
6. Allusion as Reception: Virgil, Milton, and the Modern Reader
(Craig Kallendorf).
7. Hector and Andromache: Identification and Appropriation
(Vanda Zajko).
8. Passing on the Panpipe: Genre and Reception (Mathilde
Skoie).
9. True Histories: Lucien, Bakhtin, and the Pragmatics of
Reception (Tim Whitmarsh).
10. The Uses of Reception: Derrida and the Historical Imperative
(Miriam Leonard).
11. The Use and Abuse of Antiquity: The Politics and Morality of
Appropriation (Katie Fleming).
Part II. Studies in Reception.
12. The Homeric Moment? Translation, Historicity, and the
Meaning of the Classics (Alexandra Lianeri).
13. Looking for Ligurinus: An Italian Poet in the Nineteenth
Century (Richard F. Thomas).
14. Foucault's Antiquity (James I. Porter).
15. Fractured Understandings: Towards a History of Classical
Reception Among Non-Elite Groups (Siobhán McElduff).
16. Decolonizing the Postcolonial Colonizers: Helen in Derek
Walcott's Omeros (Helen Kaufmann).
17. Remodeling Receptions: Greek Drama as Diaspora in
Performance (Lorna Hardwick).
18. Reception, Performance, and the Sacrifice of Iphigenia
(Pantelis Michelakis).
19. Reception and Ancient Art: The Case of the Venus de Milo
(Elizabeth Prettejohn).
20. The Touch of Sappho (Simon Goldhill).
21. (At) the Visual Point of Reception: Anselm Feuerbach's
Das Gastmahl des Platon; or, Philosophy in Paint (John
Henderson).
22. Afterword: The Uses of "Reception" (Duncan F. Kennedy).
Bibliography.
Index.
?Classics has a particular stake in critical thought that
addresses the problem of our (as classicists and readers)
historical alienation from the texts we read.? (Classics Journal
Online, September 2009)
"There is much of great value scattered throughout the volume."
(The Classical Review, 2008)
"This collection of essays, a volume in the Classical Reception
Series edited by Maria Wyke, deserves the close attention of anyone
with an interest in reception studies and in particular in
reception theory." (Journal of Hellenic Studies, February
2009)
"[A] landmark collection ... The volume as a whole offers
readers an enriched theoretical understanding of reception and its
uses." (Fabula)
"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." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review)
"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."
-Fiona Macintosh, University of Oxford
"A first-rate collection, with some of the most exciting and
most rigorous of modern studies in classical reception."
-Mary Beard, University of Cambridge
addresses the problem of our (as classicists and readers)
historical alienation from the texts we read.? (Classics Journal
Online, September 2009)
"There is much of great value scattered throughout the volume."
(The Classical Review, 2008)
"This collection of essays, a volume in the Classical Reception
Series edited by Maria Wyke, deserves the close attention of anyone
with an interest in reception studies and in particular in
reception theory." (Journal of Hellenic Studies, February
2009)
"[A] landmark collection ... The volume as a whole offers
readers an enriched theoretical understanding of reception and its
uses." (Fabula)
"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." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review)
"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."
-Fiona Macintosh, University of Oxford
"A first-rate collection, with some of the most exciting and
most rigorous of modern studies in classical reception."
-Mary Beard, University of Cambridge
Charles Martindale is Professor of Latin at the
University of Bristol He has written extensively on the reception
of classical poetry. In addition to the theoretical Redeeming
the Text: Latin Poetry and the Hermeneutics of Reception
(1993), he has edited or coedited collections on the receptions of
Virgil, Horace, and Ovid, as well as Shakespeare and the
Classics (2004). His most recent book is Latin Poetry and
the Judgement of Taste: An Essay in Aesthetics (2005).
Richard F. Thomas 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 Reading Virgil and His Texts: Studies in
Intertextuality (1999) and Virgil and the Augustan
Reception (2001). He is currently working on a commentary to
Horace, Odes 4 and a coedited volume on the performance
artistry of Bob Dylan.
University of Bristol He has written extensively on the reception
of classical poetry. In addition to the theoretical Redeeming
the Text: Latin Poetry and the Hermeneutics of Reception
(1993), he has edited or coedited collections on the receptions of
Virgil, Horace, and Ovid, as well as Shakespeare and the
Classics (2004). His most recent book is Latin Poetry and
the Judgement of Taste: An Essay in Aesthetics (2005).
Richard F. Thomas 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 Reading Virgil and His Texts: Studies in
Intertextuality (1999) and Virgil and the Augustan
Reception (2001). He is currently working on a commentary to
Horace, Odes 4 and a coedited volume on the performance
artistry of Bob Dylan.
