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Titolo |
Gilbert Murray reassessed [[electronic resource] ] : Hellenism, theatre, and international politics / / edited by Christopher Stray |
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-954497-2 |
1-281-16059-8 |
9786611160593 |
0-19-152609-6 |
1-4356-2137-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (413 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Classicists - Great Britain |
Translators - Great Britain |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; 1. Remembering our Grandfather; 2. A Broken Mirror: Gilbert Murray's Reflections of an Australian Childhood; 3. Gilbert Murray on Greek Literature: The Great/Greek Man's Burden; 4. Gilbert Murray and Greek Religion; 5. Gilbert Murray's Greek Editions; 6. Gilbert Murray's Translations of Greek Tragedy; 7. From the Court to the National: The Theatrical Legacy of Gilbert Murray's Bacchae; 8. Gilbert Murray and A. E. Housman; 9. 'Macte nova virtute, puer!': Gilbert Murray as Mentor and Friend to J. A. K. Thomson |
10. Gilbert Murray, Bertrand Russell, and the Theory and Practice of Politics11. Gilbert Murray and International Politics; 12. Retrieving Cosmos: Gilbert Murray's Thought on International Relations; 13. The Classicist as Liberal Intellectual: Gilbert Murray and Alfred Eckhard Zimmern; 14. 'That Living Voice': Gilbert Murray at the BBC; 15. 'Yours Obediently, Gilbert Murray': Letters to The Times; 16. Gilbert Murray and Psychic Research; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is the first comprehensive account of the life and work of the distinguished scholar and public figure Gilbert Murray (1866-1957). |
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Sixteen contributors survey his childhood, his work in the theatre and in international relations, his Greek scholarship and contributions on religion and philosophy, his friendships (including those with Bertrand Russell and A. E. Housman), his long commitment to the Home University Library, his radio work, and his involvement with psychicresearch. The book opens with memoirs by two of his grandchildren. Two biographies of Murray were published in the 1980s, |
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