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A Companion to the Classical Tradition

Kallendorf, Craig W. (Editor)

Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World

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1. Edition January 2010
508 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

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Over the last two decades the interest in reception studies has escalated significantly, offering a new sophistication to the scholarly investigation of the classical tradition, and new insight on its evolution through modern scholarship. Comprising 26 newly commissioned essays from an international team of experts, A Companion to the Classical Tradition accommodates the pressing need for an up-to-date introduction and overview for this booming field.

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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

List of Figures.

List of Maps.

Notes on Contributors.

Introduction.

Part I: Periods.

Part II: Places.

Part III: Contemporary Themes.

Bibliography.

Index.
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.

C. W. Kallendorf, Texas A&M University, USA