Reception in the Greco-Roman World by Marco Fantuzzi, Helen M... - 9781316518588

Reception in the Greco-Roman WorldLiterary Studies in Theory and Practice\nAuthor(s): Marco Fantuzzi, Helen Morales, Tim Whitmarsh\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781316518588, 978-1316518588\nSynopsis\nThe embrace of reception theory has been one of the hallmarks of classical studies over the last 30 years. This volume builds on the critical insights thereby gained to consider reception within Greek antiquity itself. Reception, like 'intertextuality', places the emphasis on the creative agency of the later 'receiver' rather than the unilateral influence of the 'transmitter'. It additionally shines the spotlight on transitions into new cultural contexts, on materiality, on intermediality and on the body. Essays range chronologically from the archaic to the Byzantine periods and address literature (prose and verse; Greek, Roman and Greco-Jewish), philosophy, papyri, inscriptions and dance. Whereas.