From Greek and Roman times to the digital era, the library has remained central to knowledge, scholarship, and the imagination. Generously illustrated, "The Meaning of the Library" examines this key institution of Western culture. Tracing what the library has meant since its beg…
From Greek and Roman times to the digital era, the library has remained central to knowledge, scholarship, and the imagination. Generously illustrated, "The Meaning of the Library" examines this key institution of Western culture. Tracing what the library has meant since its beg…
"Tracing what the library has meant since its beginning, examining how its significance has shifted, and pondering its importance in the twenty-first century, significant contributors--including the librarian of the Congress and the former executive director of the HathiTrust--p…
by Hall, Edith, Harrison, Stephen, Stray, Christopher, Clarke, Michael, Pelling, Christopher, Elsner, Jaś, Kaster, Robert A., Butterfield, David, Shuttleworth Kraus, Christina, Gibson, Roy, Briggs, Ward, Hallett, Judith P., Clackson, James, Hardwick, Lorna, Whitaker, Graham
fromTrends in Classics - Scholarship in the Making
It is unusual for a single scholar practically to reorient an entire sub-field of study, but this is what Chris Stray has done for the history of UK classical scholarship. His remarkable combination of interests in the sociology of scholars and scholarship, in the history of the…
by Hall, Edith, Stray, Christopher, Clarke, Michael, Elsner, Jaś, Kaster, Robert A., Butterfield, David, Shuttleworth Kraus, Christina, Gibson, Roy, Briggs, Ward, Hallett, Judith P., Clackson, James, Hardwick, Lorna, Whitaker, Graham
fromTrends in Classics - Scholarship in the Making
It is unusual for a single scholar practically to reorient an entire sub-field of study, but this is what Chris Stray has done for the history of UK classical scholarship. His remarkable combination of interests in the sociology of scholars and scholarship, in the history of the…
A collection of essays by an international team of scholars on the part played by classical sources and images in the debates around the abolition of slavery. It shows that the ancient Greek and Roman slave was invoked both by abolitionists and by those who promoted and attempte…
A collection of essays by an international team of scholars on the part played by classical sources and images in the debates around the abolition of slavery. It shows that the ancient Greek and Roman slave was invoked both by abolitionists and by those who promoted and attempte…
"Originating in a conference organised in 2007 by the Centre for the Reception of Greece and Rome at Royal Holloway, University of London, and held at the British Library ... this accessible volume offers a pathbreaking study of the role played by the interpreters of ancient Gre…
"Originating in a conference organised in 2007 by the Centre for the Reception of Greece and Rome at Royal Holloway, University of London, and held at the British Library ... this accessible volume offers a pathbreaking study of the role played by the interpreters of ancient Gre…
Cover title is'The Trojan women and other plays'
