We live in tough times. Contemporary challenges require us to find new and imaginative solutions. Using the past to think about the present is one such path forward. Classical Reception … Read More
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Publications
Hippocrates as fan fiction
by Helen King (Professor Emerita of Classical Studies at Open University) Classical reception still tends to ignore the technical literatures of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Maybe there’s a sense … Read More
Tolkien and the Classics
by Hamish Williams During the recent Christmas break I treated myself to a rereading of C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia series (“a strictly academic procedure”, I informed my wife, as Bulgakov’s … Read More
How far is too far? Testing the Boundaries of Classical Reception
by Anastasia Bakogianni (Massey University) Locating Classical Receptions on Screen: Masks, Echoes, Shadows, ed. R. Apostol and A. Bakogianni, in the New Antiquity series, Palgrave Macmillan (2018), 198 pp. It is an … Read More
A new Handbook to the Reception of Greek Drama
If you are looking for resources to support your teaching, or thinking of developing a new syllabus in classical reception, you’ll be interested in the latest publication by CRSN member Betine … Read More
A summer of reception?
We’re using this post to publicize a couple of CRSN-related UK-based events coming up in the next few months. Marking the publication of their special issue of Classical Receptions Journal … Read More