Confronting the classics : traditions, adventures and innovations af Mary Beard (Bog)

Forfatter: Mary Beard
Sprog: Engelsk
Antal sider: 310
Forlag: Profile Books
Udgivelsesår: 2013
Summary: Mary Beard is one of the world's best-known classicists - a brilliant academic, with a rare gift for communicating with a wide audience both though her books and TV presenting ... In a series of sparkling essays, she explores our rich classical heritage - from Greek drama to Roman jokes, introducing some larger-than-life characters of classical history, such as Alexander the Great, Nero and Boudicca. She invites you into the places where Greeks and Romans lived and died, from the palace at Knossos to Cleopatra's Alexandria - and reveals the often hidden world of slaves. She brings back to life some of the greatest writers of antiquity - including Thucydides, Cicero and Tacitus - and takes a fresh look at both scholarly controversies and popular interpretations of the ancient world, from The Golden Bough to Asterix ... The fruit of over thirty years in the world of classical scholarship, Confronting the Classics captures the world of antiquity and its modern significance with wit, verve and scholarly expertise
Titel: Confronting the classics : traditions, adventures and innovations

Sammendrag: Mary Beard's manifesto is simple: the study of the ancient Greeks and Romans is still a 'work in progress'. The Classics have a future, with fascinating questions and problems to be argued about, investigated and confronted with verve and wit. In Confronting the Classics, Beard takes us on a tour through classical history, confronting compelling debates in modern scholarship.
Type: Paperback