{"product_id":"seamus-heaney-and-the-classics-bann-valley-muses-9780198805656","title":"Seamus Heaney and the Classics: Bann Valley Muses","description":"Seamus Heaney, the great Irish poet, made a significant contribution to classical reception in modern poetry; though occasional essays have appeared in the past, this volume is the first to be wholly dedicated to this perspective on his work. Comprising literary criticism by scholars of both\u003cbr\u003eclassical reception and contemporary literature in English, it includes contributions from critics who are also poets, as well as from theatre practitioners on their interpretations and productions of Heaney's versions of Greek drama; well-known names are joined by early-career contributors, and\u003cbr\u003efriends and collaborators of Heaney sit alongside those who admired him from afar. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe papers focus on two main areas: Heaney's fascination with Greek drama and myth - shown primarily in his two Sophoclean versions, but also in his engagement in other poems with Hesiod, with Aeschylus' \u003cem\u003eAgamemnon\u003c\/em\u003e, and with myths such as that of Antaeus - and his interest in Latin poetry, primarily\u003cbr\u003ethat of Virgil but also that of Horace; a version of an Horatian ode was famously the vehicle for Heaney's comment on the events of 11 September 2001 in 'Anything Can Happen' (\u003cem\u003eDistrict and Circle\u003c\/em\u003e, 2006). Although a number of the contributions cover similar material, they do so from distinctively\u003cbr\u003edifferent angles: for example, Heaney's interest in Virgil is linked with the traditions of Irish poetry, his capacity as a translator, and his annotations in his own text of a standard translation, as well as being investigated in its long development over his poetic career, while his Greek dramas\u003cbr\u003eare considered as verbal poetry, as comments on Irish politics, and as stage-plays with concomitant issues of production and interpretation. Heaney's posthumous translation of Virgil's \u003cem\u003eAeneid\u003c\/em\u003e VI (2016) comes in for considerable attention, and this will be the first volume to study this major work\u003cbr\u003efrom several angles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Harrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198805656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStephen Harrison, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Latin Literature and Fellow and Tutor in Classics, Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford\u003c\/em\u003e, Fiona Macintosh, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Classical Reception, Director of the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (APGRD), and Fellow of St Hilda's College, University of\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eOxford\u003c\/em\u003e, Helen Eastman, \u003cem\u003eFreelance director of theatre and opera and Artistic Associate at the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (APGRD), University of Oxford\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStephen Harrison is Professor of Latin Literature at the University of Oxford, Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and Adjunct Professor at the universities of Copenhagen and Trondheim. He has published extensively on Latin literature and its reception, including the\u003cbr\u003efollowing volumes: \u003cem\u003eA Commentary on Vergil, \u003c\/em\u003e Aeneid \u003cem\u003e10\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 1991), \u003cem\u003eGeneric Enrichment in Vergil and Horace\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2007), \u003cem\u003eLiving Classics: Greece and Rome in Contemporary Poetry in English\u003c\/em\u003e (edited volume; OUP, 2009), \u003cem\u003eLouis MacNeice: The Classical Radio Plays\u003c\/em\u003e (co-edited with Amanda Wrigley; OUP, 2013), \u003cbr\u003eand \u003cem\u003eClassics in the Modern World: A Democratic Turn?\u003c\/em\u003e (co-edited with Lorna Hardwick; OUP, 2013). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFiona Macintosh is Professor of Classical Reception, Director of the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (APGRD), and Fellow of St Hilda's College at the University of Oxford. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eDying Acts: Death in Ancient Greek and Modern Irish Tragic Drama\u003c\/em\u003e (Cork University Press, \u003cbr\u003e1994), \u003cem\u003eGreek Tragedy and the British Theatre, 1660-1914\u003c\/em\u003e (with Edith Hall; OUP, 2005), and \u003cem\u003eSophocles: \u003c\/em\u003e Oedipus Tyrannus (CUP, 2009), and has also edited numerous APGRD volumes, including most recently \u003cem\u003eEpic Performances from the Middle Ages into the Twenty-First Century \u003c\/em\u003e (with Justine McConnell, \u003cbr\u003eStephen Harrison, and Claire Kenward; OUP, 2018) and \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Greek Drama in the Americas\u003c\/em\u003e (with Kathryn Bosher, Justine McConnell, and Patrice Rankine; OUP, 2015). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHelen Eastman trained as a director at LAMDA after graduating from the University of Oxford, where she was the Passmore Edwards Scholar in Classics and English. She is currently an Artistic Associate at the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (APGRD) at the University of Oxford, \u003cbr\u003eVisiting Lecturer in Contemporary Performance Practice at Westminster University, Artistic Director of Live Canon, and Senior Reader at Soho Theatre. As a freelance director of theatre and opera (and also occasionally of circus), she has worked throughout the UK at venues including Trafalgar\u003cbr\u003eStudios, Hackney Empire, Belfast Opera House, Glasgow Citizens Theatre, Queens Theatre, BAC, The National Theatre Studio, The De La Warr Pavilion, and Bath Theatre Royal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39932110209139,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":104.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_a62004ab-f479-44fe-bbb0-94a373ae2269.jpg?v=1647790211","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/seamus-heaney-and-the-classics-bann-valley-muses-9780198805656","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}