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<p>List of Figures viii</p> <p>List of Maps x</p> <p>Notes on Contributors xi</p> <p>Introduction 1</p> <p>Craig W. Kallendorf</p> <p>1 Education 5</p> <p><i>Christopher Stray</i></p> <p><b>Part I: Periods 15</b></p> <p>2 Middle Ages 17</p> <p><i>Jan M. Ziolkowski</i></p> <p>3 Renaissance 30</p> <p><i>Craig W. Kallendorf</i></p> <p>4 Baroque 44</p> <p><i>Ingrid D. Rowland</i></p> <p>5 Neoclassicism 57</p> <p><i>Thomas Kaminski</i></p> <p>6 Romanticism 72</p> <p><i>Bruce Graver</i></p> <p>7 Victorian 87</p> <p><i>Norman Vance</i></p> <p>8 Modernism 101</p> <p><i>Kenneth Haynes</i></p> <p><b>Part II: Places 115</b></p> <p>9 Africa 117</p> <p><i>William J. Dominik</i></p> <p>10 Central-Eastern Europe 132</p> <p><i>Jerzy Axer with the assistance of Katarzyna Tomaszuk</i></p> <p>11 France 156</p> <p><i>Philip Ford</i></p> <p>12 Germany and German-Speaking Europe 169</p> <p><i>Volker Riedel</i></p> <p>13 Iberian Peninsula 192</p> <p><i>Luisa López Grigera</i></p> <p>14 Italy 208</p> <p><i>David Marsh</i></p> <p>15 Latin America 222</p> <p><i>Andrew Laird</i></p> <p>16 Low Countries 237</p> <p><i>Gilbert Tournoy</i></p> <p>17 Scandinavia 252</p> <p><i>Minna Skafte Jensen</i></p> <p>18 United Kingdom 265</p> <p><i>Richard Jenkyns</i></p> <p>19 United States 279</p> <p><i>Ward Briggs</i></p> <p><b>Part III: Contemporary Themes 295</b></p> <p>20 Reception 297</p> <p><i>Charles Martindale</i></p> <p>21 Postcolonial Studies 312</p> <p><i>Lorna Hardwick</i></p> <p>22 Gender and Sexuality 328</p> <p><i>Alastair J. L. Blanshard</i></p> <p>23 Fascism 342</p> <p><i>Katie Fleming</i></p> <p>24 Psychology 355</p> <p><i>Fabio Stok</i></p> <p>25 Modern and Postmodern Art and Architecture 371</p> <p><i>Gail Levin</i></p> <p>26 Film 393</p> <p><i>Karl Galinsky</i></p> <p>Bibliography 408</p> <p>Index 471</p>

"I have hugely enjoyed reading this book. I have read every single chapter and learned an enormous amount … I welcome this volume most warmly." (<i>Translation and Literature</i>, Autumn 2008) <p>“An ambitious and valuable volume … Highly recommended.”<br /> <i>(Choice)</i></p>

<b>Craig W. Kallendorf</b> is Professor of English and Classics at Texas A&M University. He is the author of <i>In Praise of Aeneas</i> (1989), <i>Virgil and the Myth of Venice</i> (2000), and <i>The Other Virgil</i> (2007) as well as over 30 articles on the classical tradition.

Over the last two decades the interest in reception studies has escalated significantly, offering a new sophistication to the scholarly investigation of the classical tradition, and new insight on its evolution through modern scholarship. Comprising 26 newly commissioned essays from an international team of experts, <i>A Companion to the Classical Tradition</i> accommodates the pressing need for an up-to-date introduction and overview for this booming field.<br /> <br /> The <i>Companion</i> is divided into three sections: a chronological survey, from the Middle Ages to the modern era; a geographical survey, including Latin America, Africa, and Central-Eastern Europe as well as Western Europe and the US; and a group of topics ranging from post-colonialism to gender construction that illustrate the intersection of the classical tradition with contemporary theory.

"I have hugely enjoyed reading this book. I have read every single chapter and learned an enormous amount … I welcome this volume most warmly."<br /> (<i>Translation and Literature</i>, Autumn 2008)<br /> <br /> “An ambitious and valuable volume … Highly recommended.”<br /> (<i>Choice</i>)

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