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1 online resource (x, 495 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes ; volume 37
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Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ; v. 37.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Summary |
This collective volume provides a fresh perspective on Homeric reception through a methodologically focused, interdisciplinary investigation of the transformations of Homeric epic within varying generic and cultural contexts. It explores how various aspects of Homeric poetics appeal and can be mapped on to a diversity of contexts under different socio-historical, intellectual, literary and artistic conditions. The volume brings together internationally acclaimed scholars and acute young researchers in the fields of classics and reception studies, yielding insight into the varied strategies and ideological forces that define Homeric reception in literature, scholarship and the performing arts (theatre, film and music) and shape the 'horizon of expectations' of readers and audience. This collection also showcases that the wide-ranging 'migration' of Homeric material through time and across place holds significant cultural power, being instrumental in the construction of new cultural identities. The volume is of particular interest to scholars in the fields of classics, reception and cultural studies and the performing arts, as well as to readers fascinated by ancient literature and its cultural transformations. |
| Contents |
Part VII. Homer on the Ancient and Modern Stage -- Aeschylus reading Homer: The Case of the Psychagogoi -- Symbolic Remarriage in Homer's Odyssey and Euripides' Alcestis -- Euripides' 'Trojan Trilogy' and the Reception of the Epic Tradition -- Andromache's Tragic Persona from the Ancient to the Modern Stage -- Odysseus Satirical: The Merry Dealing of the Homeric Myth in Modern Greek Theatre -- Part VIII. Refiguring Homer in Film and Music -- The Reception of Homer in Silent Film -- Homeric Shadows on the Silver Screen: Epic Themes in Michael Cacoyannis' Trilogy of Cinematic Receptions -- 'Travelling to the Light, Aiming at the Infinite' : The Odyssey of Mikis Theodorakis -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- General Index -- Index of Homeric Passages. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Homer -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Homer. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism.
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Epic poetry, Greek. |
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Reader-response criticism.
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Reader-response criticism. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Efstathiou, Athanasios, editor.
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Karamanou, Ioanna, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Homeric receptions across generic and cultural contexts. Berlin : De Gruyter, [2016] 3110477831 (OCoLC)938386560 |
| ISBN |
9783110479799 (electronic book) |
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3110479796 (electronic book) |
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9783110479188 (electronic book) |
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3110479184 (electronic book) |
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9783110477832 |
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3110477831 |
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