Reception in the Greco-Roman World
Literary Studies in Theory and Practice
Published on 27. May 2021
978-1-009-00762-7 (ISBN)
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The embrace of reception theory has been one of the hallmarks of classical studies over the last 30 years. This volume builds on the critical insights thereby gained to consider reception within Greek antiquity itself. Reception, like 'intertextuality', places the emphasis on the creative agency of the later 'receiver' rather than the unilateral influence of the 'transmitter'. It additionally shines the spotlight on transitions into new cultural contexts, on materiality, on intermediality and on the body. Essays range chronologically from the archaic to the Byzantine periods and address literature (prose and verse; Greek, Roman and Greco-Jewish), philosophy, papyri, inscriptions and dance. Whereas the conventional image of ancient Greek classicism is one of quiet reverence, this book, by contrast, demonstrates how rumbustious, heterogeneous and combative it could be.
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Marco Fantuzzi | Helen Morales | Tim Whitmarsh
Reception in the Greco-Roman World
Literary Studies in Theory and Practice
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05/2021
Cambridge University Press
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