Who Needs Greek?: Contests in the Cultural History of Hellenism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521011761)

Who Needs Greek? is an interdisciplinary study of arguments on what ancient Greece has meant to western culture from the ancient world to today. The battles between artists and literary critics, historians and journalists, politicians and scholars, are often violent, hilarious, and always passionate. This cutting-edge cultural history ranges from ancient Greece via the Renaissance to modern opera, and treats a central question of culture in a way which will intrigue academics as well as a more general audience.

Author: Simon Goldhill
ISBN-10: 0521011760
ISBN-13: 9780521011761
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/04/2002
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.08h x 6.00w x 0.65d