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. Reception studies in classics are, as lorna hardwick 2003. Hardwick and christopher stray, a companion to classical receptions malden, ma. This book examines the literary and cultural environment underlying the various kinds of translation from faithful and equivalent through. Reception studies, archaeological representation and the interpretation of ancient egypt 2015 16 4. Ebook reception studies as pdf download portable document. 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. A companion to classical receptions by lorna hardwick.
A companion to classical receptions wiley online books. The three electras, a paradigm of classical reception studies. Pdf a companion to classical receptions download read. Lornas publications in the field of classical reception include translating words, translating cultures 2000 and new surveys in the classics. A companion to classical receptions reception of the. Translating words, translating cultures classical inter. Ebook reception studies as pdf download portable document format. The three electras, a paradigm of classical reception. The sentence first of ah indicates that classical reception studies is about the. 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. Hardwick lorna reception studiescambridge university press 2003.
Afterword classical receptions journal oxford academic. As was seen in the introduction, the generic identity of epigram is governed by two senses of the greek preposition epi. She is a leading authority on classical reception studies and has published. The discussion then focuses on some key texts from epic. This chapter focuses on theater productions that have crossed the atlantic. There is the journal within which i am writing, wholly devoted to classical reception studies. Classical reception studies is the study of how the classical world, especially ancient greek literature and latin literature, have been received since antiquity. 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. The nature of reception studies is highly interdisciplinary, including literature, art, music, and film. Lorna hardwick, on the other hand, takes a more positive stance and asserts that a close examination of the dialogue between. Lorna hardwick rightly identifies redirecting our attention back on the original source as a key element of reception studies reception studies, p.
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 chapter is concerned with epigrams physically inscribed on a stone or other object. 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. Reception studies focuses on how classical texts are understood by subsequent audiences, as far back as antiquity e. 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. Practitioners voices in classical reception studies issue 1 nov. New surveys in the classics volume 33 of new surveys in the classics. Provides a comprehensive introduction and overview of classical reception the interpretation of classical art, culture, and thought in. Nov 23, 2010 buy a companion to classical receptions blackwell companions to the ancient world reprint by hardwick, lorna, stray, christopher isbn. Reception oxford academic journals oxford university press. It is the study of the portrayal and representation of the ancient world from ancient to modern times. She is currently director of a research project on. The texts, images and events of the ancient world have been used both as sources of authority and. Apr 12, 2011 lorna hardwick is professor of classical studies and director of the reception of classical texts research project at the open university.
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. New versions of vergil and ovid have become best sellers. A reader of materials concerning reception theoryreader. Provides a comprehensive introduction and overview of classical reception the. They include the study of translations, adaptations and performances of ancient greek and latin texts. Machor, reception study books available in pdf, epub, mobi format. Lorna hardwicks seminal textbook reception studies 2003 is.
Download reception study books, reception study is an important tool for understanding how readers encounter texts and absorb. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Hardwick lorna reception studiescambridge university press. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
Nov, 2007 lorna hardwick is professor of classical studies and director of the reception of classical texts research project at the open university. Reception studies, lorna hardwick, may 15, 2003, history, 128 pages. 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. She is an honorary research associate of the archive of performances of greek and roman drama at oxford. 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. University press, classical presences, edited by two leading practitioners, lorna. Reception studies 2003 and coedited with carol gillespie classics in post.
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. Written by an international team of scholars, it is intended to be the. This book introduces the main concepts used in the growing field of reception studies through chapters on reception within antiquity and case. Lorna hardwick is professor emerita of classical studies at the open university. Lorna hardwick author visit amazons lorna hardwick page. This book introduces the main concepts used in the growing field of. Reception theory and the interpretation of historical meaning 1993 17 4. 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 editor lorna hardwick is professor of classical studies and director of the reception of classical texts research project at the open university. Never have there been so many different types of translations of greek and latin literature into english. 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. Martindale notes that classical reception encompasses all work concerned with postclassical material. A stage version in lorna hardwick, reception as simile. Reception studies 2003, as well as numerous articles. A companion to classical receptions blackwell companions to. 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. Most people experience homer and greek tragedy for the first time through translations. Du bois typically emphasize his shift from an elitist devotion to european classics to a more radical promotion of african culture.
The paperback of the reception studies new surveys in the classics no. 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. Hardwick is one of the most qualified people to write this text, and she has provided a very readable and comprehensible basic intro. Pdf what is so classical about classical reception. 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. The oxford classical presences series, in which this is the latest volume, emblematizes the tantalizingly wideopen horizon of possibilities. The editors would like to thank michael sharp and the anonymous. Her publications in the field of classical reception studies include translating words, translating cultures 2000 and new surveys in the classics. 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. 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. This book introduces the main concepts used in the growing field of reception studies. 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.
This in turn raise issues about the distinctive agendas of writers and producers, including the commercial considerations that. It is no coincidence that lorna hardwick, a classicist and leading scholar in. Lorna hardwick author of a companion to classical receptions. The poetics of reversal in homer and derek walcott,international journal of the classical tradition ijct 3, 199697, pp. Lorna hardwick is professor emeritus of classical studies at the open university. 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. Her publications on greek cultural history and its reception in modern theatre and literature include transl. Prometheus is a 1998 filmpoem created by english poet and playwright tony harrison, starring walter sparrow in the role of prometheus. 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. Classics in postcolonial worlds, 2007, 440 pages, lorna. Reception studies by lorna hardwick author product details. It explores questions, sometimes contentious, about how performance is shaped by overt and covert assumptions concerning the cultural horizons and sociopolitical perspectives of audiences. Since lorna s retirement she remains active in the field, and here shares some thoughts with us.
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