Myths of the Underworld in Contemporary Culture: The Backward Gaze (Classical Presences) [Illustrated] 9780192524225, 9780198767091, 0192524224

Myths of the Underworld in Contemporary Culture: The Backward Gaze (Classical Presences) 9780198767091, 0198767099

Myths of the Underworld in Contemporary Culture: The Backward Gaze examines a series of twentieth and twenty-first centu

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Myths of the Underworld in Contemporary Culture: The Backward Gaze 0198767099, 9780198767091

Myths of the Underworld in Contemporary Culture: The Backward Gaze examines a series of twentieth and twenty-first centu

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Classicisms in the Black Atlantic (Classical Presences) [Illustrated] 9780198814122, 0198814127

The historical and cultural space of the Black Atlantic - a diasporic world of forced and voluntary migrations - has lon

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Diversifying Greek Tragedy on the Contemporary US Stage (Classical Presences) [Illustrated] 9780191083143, 9780198777359, 0191083143

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Diversifying Greek Tragedy on the Contemporary US Stage (Classical Presences) [Illustrated] 9780198777359, 0198777353

In its long history of performance and reception, Greek drama has been interpreted and adapted in ever-changing ways to

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Postdramatic Tragedies (Classical Presences) [Illustrated] 9780198817680, 0198817681

Ancient tragedy has played a well-documented role in contemporary theatre since the mid-twentieth century. In addition t

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Lucretius and the Early Modern (Classical Presences) [Illustrated] 9780198713845, 0198713843

The rediscovery in the fifteenth century of Lucretius' De rerum natura was a challenge to received ideas. The poem

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Roman Error: Classical Reception and the Problem of Rome's Flaws (Classical Presences) [Illustrated] 9780198803034, 0198803036

In the eyes of posterity, ancient Rome is deeply flawed. The list of censures is long and varied, from political corrupt

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Topologies of the Classical World in Children's Fiction: Palimpsests, Maps, and Fractals (Classical Presences) [Illustrated] 9780192584908, 9780198846031, 0192584901

Beginning with Rudyard Kipling and Edith Nesbit and concluding with best-selling series still ongoing at the time of wri

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Between Jerusalem and Athens: Israeli Theatre and the Classical Tradition (Classical Presences) [Illustrated] 9780198746676, 0198746679

How does a theatrical tradition emerge in the fields of dramatic writing and artistic performance? How can a culture in

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