Reception studies 2003 as well as a number of articles on drama and poetry. Examining the profusion of ways in which the arts, culture, and thought of greece and rome have been transmitted, interpreted, adapted and used, a companion to classical receptions explores the impact of this phenomenon on both ancient and later societies. Translating words, translating cultures classical inter. Hardwick is one of the most qualified people to write this text, and she has provided a very readable and comprehensible basic intro. Lorna hardwick and christopher stray assert that classical reception studies is devoted to examining the ways in which greek and roman material has been transmitted, translated, excerpted, interpreted, rewritten, reimaged and represented. A companion to classical receptions wiley online books. Ebook reception studies as pdf download portable document. Hardwick and christopher stray, a companion to classical receptions malden, ma. She has a particular interest in the impact of various kinds of translation and adaptation on modern perceptions of greece and rome and in the reworking of classical. Lorna hardwick is the author of translating words, translating cultures 3.
Ebook reception studies as pdf download portable document format. A companion to classical receptions reception of the. A stage version in lorna hardwick, reception as simile. Since lorna s retirement she remains active in the field, and here shares some thoughts with us. Most people experience homer and greek tragedy for the first time through translations. The poetics of reversal in homer and derek walcott,international journal of the classical tradition ijct 3, 199697, pp. Practitioners voices in classical reception studies issue 1 nov. She is a leading authority on classical reception studies and has published.
Classical reception studies is the study of how the classical world, especially ancient greek literature and latin literature, have been received since antiquity. The texts, images and events of the ancient world have been used both as sources of authority and. She is currently director of a research project on. They include the study of translations, adaptations and performances of ancient greek and latin texts. She is a leading authority on classical reception studies and has published several books and articles on the subject, as well being the first editor of the classical receptions journal. Afterword classical receptions journal oxford academic. Lorna hardwick rightly identifies redirecting our attention back on the original source as a key element of reception studies reception studies, p. Pdf a companion to classical receptions download read. Du bois typically emphasize his shift from an elitist devotion to european classics to a more radical promotion of african culture.
The classical reception studies network was set up in 2004 as part of a project set up by professor lorna hardwick, funded by the arts and humanities research council and the british academy. I agree that a reading of a receiving text can certainly bring new insights to the originary text, though one must be careful not to give way to anachronism. The three electras, a paradigm of classical reception studies. Reception studies, archaeological representation and the interpretation of ancient egypt 2015 16 4. It is no coincidence that lorna hardwick, a classicist and leading scholar in. New surveys in the classics volume 33 of new surveys in the classics. University press, classical presences, edited by two leading practitioners, lorna. Her publications on greek cultural history and its reception in modern theatre and literature include translating words, translating cultures 2000, new surveys in the classics. The paperback of the reception studies new surveys in the classics no. We aim to demonstrate that throughout his life, du bois used classical ideas to challenge white americans exclusive claims to power, even as he recognized and critiqued the role of classics in.
Lorna hardwick, on the other hand, takes a more positive stance and asserts that a close examination of the dialogue between source text and reception can sometimes present us with the opportunity. Lorna hardwick author visit amazons lorna hardwick page. This chapter is concerned with epigrams physically inscribed on a stone or other object. This chapter focuses on theater productions that have crossed the atlantic. Martindale notes that classical reception encompasses all work concerned with postclassical material. Prometheus is a 1998 filmpoem created by english poet and playwright tony harrison, starring walter sparrow in the role of prometheus. This book introduces the main concepts used in the growing field of. Hardwick lorna reception studiescambridge university press. The editors would like to thank michael sharp and the anonymous. The book discusses the recent reception of greek and roman material in modern drama, poetry and film and sets out the artistic and political contexts in which this has taken. The filmpoem examines the political and social issues connected to the fall of the working class in england, amidst the more general phenomenon of the collapse of socialism in eastern europe, using the myth of prometheus as a metaphor for the struggles of the. Introduction by lorna hardwick 2016 practitioners voices.
Her publications in the field of classical reception studies include translating words, translating cultures 2000 and new surveys in the classics. Machor, reception study books available in pdf, epub, mobi format. A companion to classical receptions by lorna hardwick. Lorna hardwick is professor emeritus of classical studies at the open university. Hardwick lorna reception studiescambridge university press 2003. This chapter discusses how classical reception research benefits from and can also potentially contribute to modern greek studies in terms of subject matter and methods and vice versa. This book examines the literary and cultural environment underlying the various kinds of translation from faithful and equivalent through. A reader of materials concerning reception theoryreader. A companion to classical receptions blackwell companions to. This chapter aims to raise some awkward issues and to provoke debate by looking critically at some of the assumptions underlying claims that there has been a democratic turn. The sentence first of ah indicates that classical reception studies is about the. Her publications on greek cultural history and its reception in modern theatre and literature include transl. This in turn raise issues about the distinctive agendas of writers and producers, including the commercial considerations that.
Classics editor at cambridge university press, pauline hire, the initial policy was that cambridge companions on classical authors or topics should always contain a section on reception indeed only those authors and topics were to be chosen. Reception studies in classics are, as lorna hardwick 2003. Lornas publications in the field of classical reception include translating words, translating cultures 2000 and new surveys in the classics. There is the journal within which i am writing, wholly devoted to classical reception studies.
Both fields deploy constructs of exceptionality, although these differ in their genesis and their impact on cultural politics and on paradigms of authority, genealogy, and power. It explores questions, sometimes contentious, about how performance is shaped by overt and covert assumptions concerning the cultural horizons and sociopolitical perspectives of audiences. Nov 23, 2010 buy a companion to classical receptions blackwell companions to the ancient world reprint by hardwick, lorna, stray, christopher isbn. This book introduces the main concepts used in the growing field of reception studies through chapters on reception within antiquity and case. Introduction by lorna hardwick 2016 the initial aim of the interview was to provide study material for open university students who were studying heaneys play burial at thebes as part of their first level introduction to the arts and humanities. Lorna hardwick had published briefly on the topic in translating words, translating cultures 2000, and as i later learned had also taught an open university course on homer and the war poets several years earlier. The discussion then focuses on some key texts from epic. The classical reception studies network was set up in 2004 as part of a project set up by professor lorna hardwick, funded by the arts and. Approaching reception march 14, 2016 uncategorized the classical reception studies network was set up in 2004 as part of a project set up by professor lorna hardwick, funded by the arts and humanities research council and the british academy.
The nature of reception studies is highly interdisciplinary, including literature, art, music, and film. The three electras, a paradigm of classical reception. Reception studies 2003, as well as numerous articles. As was seen in the introduction, the generic identity of epigram is governed by two senses of the greek preposition epi. Pdf what is so classical about classical reception. Lorna hardwicks seminal textbook reception studies 2003 is. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This book introduces the main concepts used in the growing field of reception studies through chapters on reception within antiquity and case studies of more recent receptions from africa, the caribbean, europe and the usa. This book introduces the main concepts used in the growing field of reception studies. Classics in postcolonial worlds, 2007, 440 pages, lorna. Lorna hardwick is professor of classical studies and director of the reception of classical texts research project at the open university. Reception studies by lorna hardwick author product details. Lorna hardwick is professor emeritus of classical studies and is director of the classical receptions in late twentieth century drama and poetry in english project.
How classical culture is transplanted into new contexts, how texts are translated and performed and how greek and roman values are perceived and used continues to be a force in current debates. New versions of vergil and ovid have become best sellers. Reception studies, lorna hardwick, may 15, 2003, history, 128 pages. Reception studies 2003 and coedited with carol gillespie. Lorna hardwick is professor emerita of classical studies at the open university. Reception oxford academic journals oxford university press. Apr 12, 2011 lorna hardwick is professor of classical studies and director of the reception of classical texts research project at the open university. Lorna hardwick author of a companion to classical receptions. Nov, 2007 lorna hardwick is professor of classical studies and director of the reception of classical texts research project at the open university. Lorna hardwick editor lorna hardwick is professor of classical studies and director of the reception of classical texts research project at the open university. Provides a comprehensive introduction and overview of classical reception the interpretation of classical art, culture, and thought in. Reception theory and the interpretation of historical meaning 1993 17 4. Download reception study books, reception study is an important tool for understanding how readers encounter texts and absorb. Never have there been so many different types of translations of greek and latin literature into english.
Lorna hardwick, on the other hand, takes a more positive stance and asserts that a close examination of the dialogue between. Reception studies focuses on how classical texts are understood by subsequent audiences, as far back as antiquity e. Provides a comprehensive introduction and overview of classical reception the. The oxford classical presences series, in which this is the latest volume, emblematizes the tantalizingly wideopen horizon of possibilities. Feb 19, 2015 lorna hardwick s paper presented at the international conference on the reception of greek tragic myth in modern greek poetry and theatre of the 20th and 21st centuries 2122 december 2014. Cambridge companion to homer the cambridge companion to homer is a guide to the essential aspects of homeric criticism and scholarship, including the reception of the poems in ancient and modern times. Written by an international team of scholars, it is intended to be the. About the author lorna hardwick is professor of classical studies and director of the reception of classical texts research project at the open university. Reception studies 2003 and coedited with carol gillespie classics in post. A companion to classical receptions blackwell companions.
She is an honorary research associate of the archive of performances of greek and roman drama at oxford. The texts, images and events of the ancient world have been used both as sources of authority and exploitation in politics, culture and society and as icons of resistance and contest. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. It is the study of the portrayal and representation of the ancient world from ancient to modern times.
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