Michael Silk & Ingo Gildenhard 
The Classical Tradition [PDF ebook] 
Art, Literature, Thought

The classical tradition–the legacy of Ancient Greece and
Rome–is a large, diverse and important field that continues
to shape human endeavour and engender wide public interest. The
Classical Tradition: Art, Literature, Thought presents an
original, coherent and wide-ranging guide to the afterlife of
Greco-Roman antiquity in later Western cultures and a
ground-breaking reinterpretation of large aspects of Western
culture as a whole – English-speaking, French, German and
Italian – from a classical perspective. Encompassing almost
two millennia of developments in art, literature, and thought, the
authors provide an overview of the field, a concise point of
reference, and a critical review of selected examples, from Titian
to T. S. Eliot, from the hero to concepts of government. They
engage in current theoretical debate on various fronts, from
hermeneutics to gender.

Themes explored include the Western languages and their
continuing engagement with Latin and Greek; the role of
translation; the intricate relationship of pagan and Christian; the
ideological implications of the classical tradition; the interplay
between the classical tradition and the histories of scholarship
and education; the relation between high and low culture; and the
myriad complex relationships–comparative, contrastive, and
interactive–between art, literature, and thought themselves.
Authoritative and accessible, The Classical Tradition: Art,
Literature, Thought offers new insights into the powerful
legacy of the ancient world from the Middle Ages and the
Renaissance to the present day.

İçerik tablosu

List of Figures vii

List of Plates viii

Prologue ix

Acknowledgements xiii

Part I Overview 1

§1 The Classical Tradition and the Scope of Our Book 3

§2 Mapping the Field 10

§3 Eras 15

§4 Sustaining the Tradition: Classics and Education 32

§5 Authority and Authorities 52

§6 Masters of Knowledge 61

§7 Models of Style 69

§8 Beacons of Morality 79

§9 Love Guides 87

§10 Special Relationships 98

§11 The Visual Arts: Contexts and Connections 102

§12 Popular Culture and Its Problematics 119

§13 Languages and Language 137

§14 Modes of Engagement 166

§15 Translation 173

§16 Science and Sensibility 199

§17 Looking at the Past 224

§18 The Classical Tradition – and the Rest 241

Part II Archetypes 249

§19 Preface 251

§20 The Dome 253

§21 The Hero 263

§22 Word-Genres 276

Part III The Imaginary 287

§23 Preface 289

§24 Myth 292

§25 The City: Rome 306

§26 Forms of Government 322

§27 The Order of Things 331

Part IV Making a Difference 341

§28 Preface 343

§29 Originators 346

§30 Points of Departure 358

§31 Ideas and Action 375

Part V Contrasts and Comparisons 391

§32 Preface 393

§33 Painting 394

§34 Political Thought 402

§35 Poetry 411

Epilogue 428

Bibliography 432

Index 475

Yazar hakkında

Michael Silk is Professor of Classical and Comparative
Literature at King’s College London and Adjunct Professor in
the Department of English and Comparative Literature at the
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Ingo Gildenhard is a Lecturer in Classics at the
University of Cambridge and a Fellow of King’s College.

Rosemary Barrow is Reader in Classical Art and Reception
at the University of Roehampton.