A people's history of classics : class and Greco-Roman antiquity in Britain and Ireland 1689 to 1939 / / Edith Hall and Henry Stead

• Autore: Hall Edith <1959->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (629 pages)
• Disciplina: 938.0071041
• Soggetto topico: Civilization, Classical - Study and teaching - Great Britain - History; Civilization, Classical - Study and teaching - Ireland - History; Working class - Great Britain - Intellectual life; Working class - Ireland - Intellectual life
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Civilization Greek influences; Great Britain Civilization Roman influences; Ireland Civilization Greek influences; Ireland Civilization Roman influences; Great Britain Intellectual life; Ireland Intellectual life
• Persona (resp. second.): SteadHenry
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Motives and methods -- The invention of classics -- Working-class readers -- 18th-century working-class poets -- Classics and class in life-writing -- Working-class classics via the visual environment -- Staging class struggle classically -- Dissenting classics -- Workers' educational classics -- Classics & class in Ireland -- Scottish working classes -- Caractacus and Lloyd-George's recruiting drive in Wales -- Seditious classicists -- Underdog professors -- Ragged-trousered philologists -- Hinterland Greek -- Classical underworlds -- Class and the classical body -- Gods and heroes of the proletariat -- Shoemakers -- Pottery workers -- Miners -- Socialist and communist scholars -- Soldiers : Dai and Diomedes on the Somme -- Theatre practitioners.
• Titolo autorizzato: A people's history of classics
• ISBN: 1-315-44660-X; 1-315-44658-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910676673003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II