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A Handbook to Classical Reception in Eastern and Central Europe

A Handbook to Classical Reception in Eastern and Central Europe

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Hardback Published on: 28/03/2017
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Synopsis

  • A Handbook to Classical Reception in Eastern and Central Europe is the first comprehensive English]language study of the reception of classical antiquity in Eastern and Central Europe. This groundbreaking work offers detailed case studies of thirteen countries that are fully contextualized historically, locally, and regionally.
  • The first English-language collection of research and scholarship on Greco-Roman heritage in Eastern and Central Europe
  • Written and edited by an international group of seasoned and up-and-coming scholars with vast subject-matter experience and expertise
  • Essays from leading scholars in the field provide broad insight into the reception of the classical world within specific cultural and geographical areas
  • Discusses the reception of many aspects of Greco-Roman heritage, such as prose/philosophy, poetry, material culture
  • Offers broad and significant insights into the complicated engagement many countries of Eastern and Central Europe have had and continue to have with Greco-Roman antiquity

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Wiley
  • ISBN: 9781118832714
  • Number of pages: 632
  • Dimensions: 177 x 251 x 31 mm
  • Weight: 1224g
  • Languages: English