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Confronting the Classics :Traditions, Adventures and Innovations
Confronting the Classics :Traditions, Adventures and Innovations
paperback
Published:
13 March, 2014
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781781250495 |
| ISBN10 | 1781250499 |
| Number Of Pages | 320 |
| Item Weight | 260 g |
| Product Dimensions | 126 x 194 x 20 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Profile Books Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | Main |
Media Reviews
With such a champion as Beard to debunk and popularise, the future of the study of classics is assured * Daily Telegraph *
She's pulled off that rare trick of becoming a don with a high media profile who hasn't sold out, who is absolutely respected by the academy for her scholarship ... what she says is always powerful and interesting * Guardian *
witty, erudite collection...To Beard, the classical past is alive and kicking - and she has the great gift of being able to show just why classics is still a subject worth arguing about * Sunday Times *
an irrepressible enthusiast with a refreshing disregard for convention * FT *
She stands in the great tradition of myth-puncturing Latin classicists * New York Review of Books *
Beard is the best...communicator of Classics we have * Independent on Sunday *
highly engaging * Sunday Telegraph *
sparkling * The Lady *
so engaging, and at times so very funny -- Edith Hall * Times *
this is the perfect introduction to classical studies, and deserves to become something of a standard work in the future * Observer *
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Author's Bio
Mary Beard is a professor of classics at Newnham College, Cambridge, and the classics editor of the TLS. She has world-wide academic acclaim. Her previous books include the bestselling, Wolfson Prize-winning Pompeii, The Roman Triumph, The Parthenon and Confronting the Classics. Her blog has been collected in the books It's a Don's Life and All in a Don's Day. She is in the 2014 top 10 Prospect list of the most influential thinkers in the world.