Antiquity Now - The Classical World in the Contemporary American Imagination

Informationen zum Autor Thomas E. Jenkins holds a Ph.D. in classical philology from Harvard University, Massachusetts, and is Professor and Chair of the Department of Classical Studies at Trinity University, Texas. He has published widely on classical texts, including his book Intercepted Letters: Epistolarity and Narrative in Greek and Roman Literature (2006), as well as articles on Ovid, Euripides, Homer, and especially classical reception. He has been a Fellow of the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC, and winner of the inaugural Paul Rehak Award for his article on Lucian's Dialogues of the Courtesans. In 2013, Jenkins premiered a new stage version of Plautus' The Haunted House at the Overtime Theater in San Antonio, Texas. Klappentext This book examines the surprising uses, and abuses, of the classical world in contemporary popular media. Zusammenfassung Through the lens of reception studies! Antiquity Now examines the ideological uses of the classical world in contemporary media! including surprising new developments in comic books! film! drama and fiction. This book will be valuable to scholars and students of American! classical and cultural studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. It's Greek to them: gay and lesbian receptions of the ancient world; 3. Classics and ideology; 4. September 11th on the Western stage; 5. From the borders: contemporary identity, community, and the ancient world; 6. Power, the canon, and the unexpected voice; Conclusion: on fractures and fracturing.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Jenkins, Thomas E. Jenkins, Thomas E. (Trinity University Jenkins, Jenkins Thomas E.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.05.2015
• EAN: 9780521196260
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19626-0
• No. of pages: 262
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Historiography, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, Historiography, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: general, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation