The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature
Volume 2: 1558-1660
Published on 8. October 2015
Book
Hardback
804 pages
978-0-19-954755-5 (ISBN)
Description
The Oxford History of Classical Reception (OHCREL) is designed to offer a comprehensive investigation of the numerous and diverse ways in which literary texts of the classical world have stimulated responses and refashioning by English writers. Covering the full range of English literature from the early Middle Ages to the present day, OHCREL both synthesizes existing scholarship and presents cutting-edge new research, employing an
international team of expert contributors for each of the five volumes.
OHCREL endeavours to interrogate, rather than inertly reiterate, conventional assumptions about literary 'periods', the processes of canon-formation, and the relations between literary and non-literary discourse. It conceives of 'reception' as a complex process of dialogic exchange and, rather than offering large cultural generalizations, it engages in close critical analysis of literary texts. It explores in detail the ways in which English writers' engagement with classical
literature casts as much light on the classical originals as it does on the English writers' own cultural context.
This second volume, and third to appear in the series, covers the years 1558-1660, and explores the reception of the ancient genres and authors in English Renaissance literature, engaging with the major, and many of the minor, writers of the period, including Shakespeare, Marlowe, Spenser, and Jonson. Separate chapters examine the Renaissance institutions and contexts which shape the reception of antiquity, and an annotated bibliography provides substantial material for further
reading.
international team of expert contributors for each of the five volumes.
OHCREL endeavours to interrogate, rather than inertly reiterate, conventional assumptions about literary 'periods', the processes of canon-formation, and the relations between literary and non-literary discourse. It conceives of 'reception' as a complex process of dialogic exchange and, rather than offering large cultural generalizations, it engages in close critical analysis of literary texts. It explores in detail the ways in which English writers' engagement with classical
literature casts as much light on the classical originals as it does on the English writers' own cultural context.
This second volume, and third to appear in the series, covers the years 1558-1660, and explores the reception of the ancient genres and authors in English Renaissance literature, engaging with the major, and many of the minor, writers of the period, including Shakespeare, Marlowe, Spenser, and Jonson. Separate chapters examine the Renaissance institutions and contexts which shape the reception of antiquity, and an annotated bibliography provides substantial material for further
reading.
Reviews / Votes
In sum, the endeavor amounts to a detailed, up-to-date, and authoritative compendium of learning and insight on a topic that defines the very soul of Renaissance literature. * William J. Kennedy, Modern Philology *More details
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Additional editions
Patrick Cheney | Philip Hardie
The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature
Volume 2: 1558-1660
E-Book
10/2015
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€47.49
Available for download
Patrick Cheney | Philip Hardie
The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature
Volume 2: 1558-1660
E-Book
10/2015
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€47.49
Available for download
Persons
Patrick Cheney is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Pennsylvania State University. He has been a Visiting Research Fellow at Merton College, University of Oxford, and a recipient of the Faculty Scholar Medal at Pennsylvania State University for research in the humanities. He is General Editor of the Oxford History of Poetry in English, and a Visiting Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. His publications have focused on the
reception of classical ideas of authorship.
Philip Hardie is a Senior Research Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Honorary Professor of Latin at the University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and was Corpus Christi Professor of the Latin Language and Literature at the University of Oxford (2002-6). He holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Thessaloniki, and was the recipient of the Premio Internazionale Virgilio (Mantova) in 2012. He has published extensively both on ancient Latin literature and on
its reception.
reception of classical ideas of authorship.
Philip Hardie is a Senior Research Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Honorary Professor of Latin at the University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and was Corpus Christi Professor of the Latin Language and Literature at the University of Oxford (2002-6). He holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Thessaloniki, and was the recipient of the Premio Internazionale Virgilio (Mantova) in 2012. He has published extensively both on ancient Latin literature and on
its reception.
Editor
Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English and Comparative LiteratureEdwin Erle Sparks Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Pennsylvania State University
Senior Research Fellow and Honorary Professor of Latin LiteratureSenior Research Fellow and Honorary Professor of Latin Literature, Trinity College, University of Cambridge
Content
List of Contributors; Preface; 1 Patrick Cheney and Philip Hardie: Introduction; Part I: Institutions and Contexts; 2 Peter Mack: The Classics in Humanism, Education, and Scholarship; 3 Stuart Gillespie: The Availability of the Classics: Readers, Writers, Translation, Performance; 4 Peter Mack: Classical Rhetoric in English; 5 Gavin Alexander: The Classics in Literary Criticism; 6 Mark Vessey: Classics and Christianity; 7 Jane Stevenson: Women Writers and the Classics; 8 Cultural Contexts; Curtis Perry: a) Politics and Nationalism; Cora Fox: b) Sexuality and Desire; Patrick Cheney: c) Literary Careers; Philip Hardie: d) Fame and Immortality; Part II: Genres; 9 Helen Cooper: Pastoral and Georgic; 10 Philip Hardie: Epic Poetry; 11 Lynn Enterline: Elizabethan Minor Epic; 12 William Fitzgerald: The Epistolary Tradition; 13 Helen Moore: Prose Romance; 14 Roland Greene: Elegy, Hymn, Epithalamium, Ode: Some Renaissance Reinterpretations; 15 Susanna Braund: Complaint, Epigram, and Satire; 16 Gordone Braden: Tragedy; 17 Bruce Smith: Comedy; 18 Tanya Pollard: Tragicomedy; 19 Bart Vanes: Historiography and Biography; 20 Reid Barbour and Claire Preston: Discursive and Speculative Writing; Part III: Authors; 21 Jessica Wolfe: Homer; 22 Elizabeth Jane Bellamy: Plato; 23 Maggie Kilgour: Virgil and Ovid; 24 Victoria Moul (with a contribution by Charles Martindale): Horace; 25 Richard McCabe: Spenser; 26 Charles Martindale: Marlowe; 27 Colin Burrow: Shakespeare; 28 Sean Keilen: Jonson; 29 Thomas Luxon: Early Milton; Craig Kallendorf: Classical Reception in English Literature, 1558-1660: An Annotated Bibliography; Index