Playful Classics - Classical Reception as a Creative Process

This is the first book to deal exclusively with ludic interactions with classical antiquity - an understudied research area within classical reception studies - that can shed light on current processes of construction and appropriation of the Greco-Roman world. Classical antiquity has, for many years, been sold as a product and consumed in a wide variety of forms of entertainment. As a result, games, playing and playful experiences are a privileged space for the reception of antiquity. Through the medium of games, players, performers and audiences are put into direct contact with the classical past, and encouraged to experience it in a participative, creative and subjective fashion. The chapters in this volume, written by scholars and practitioners, cover a variety of topics and cultural artefacts including toys, board games and video games, as well as immersive experiences such as museums, theme parks and toga parties. The contributors tackle contemporary ludic practices and several papers establish a dialogue between artists and scholars, contrasting and harmonising their different approaches to the role of playfulness. Other chapters explore the educational potential of these manifestations, or their mediating role in shaping our conceptions of ancient Greece and Rome. Altogether, this edited collection is the first to offer a comprehensive overview of the ways we can play with antiquity.>

Product details

• Authors: Luis Gomez, Juliette Harrisson, Martin Lindner
• Assisted by: Filippo Carlà-Uhink (Editor), Luis Unceta Gómez (Editor), Juliette Harrisson (Editor), Martin Lindner (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.09.2024
• EAN: 9781350418622
• ISBN: 978-1-350-41862-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 234 mm x 20 mm
• Series: IMAGINES – Classical Receptions in the Visual and Performing Arts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / General, ART / Video Game Art, Film, TV & radio, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Video & Mobile, Computer games / online games: strategy guides, Board Games, Film, television, radio genres: Historical, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Toys, Computer Games Design, Computer and video game industry, Graphic novels, Comic books, Manga, Cartoons