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Sto caricando le informazioni... Classics and Irish Politics, 1916-2016 (Classical Presences)di Isabelle Torrance (A cura di), Donncha O'Rourke (A cura di)
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2016 was the centenary of the Easter Rising in Ireland, the event that precipitated the birth of Ireland as a modern nation in 1922, and to commemorate such events the Irish government named the years 2012-2022 as a “Decade of Centenaries.” This is the context for a conference on “Classics and Irish Politics” held in June, 2016, which formed the basis for this collection of revised and commissioned chapters. In juxtaposing “classics” and “Irish politics,” the volume deftly situates itself in relation to several well-established fields: Irish political history gains a new dimension not treated in such detail before; classical reception studies can point to yet another cultural domain infused with echoes and refractions of antiquity; and in places, even the classics themselves gain a mirror which reflects a new light back upon them. Appartiene alle Collane Editoriali
This collection addresses how models from ancient Greece and Rome have permeated Irish political discourse in the century since 1916. The 1916 Easter Rising, when Irish nationalists rose up against British imperial forces, became almost instantly mythologized in Irish political memory as aturning point in the nation's history that paved the way for Irish independence. Its centenary has provided a natural point for reflection on Irish politics, and this volume highlights an unexplored element in Irish political discourse, namely its frequent reliance on, reference to, and tensionswith classical Greek and Roman models. Topics covered include the reception and rejection of classical culture in Ireland; the politics of Irish language engagement with Greek and Roman models; the intersection of Irish literature with scholarship in Classics and Celtic Studies; the use of classicalreferents to articulate political inequalities across gender, sexual, and class hierarchies; meditations on the Northern Irish conflict through classical literature; and the political implications of neoclassical material culture in Irish society. As the only country colonized by Britain with apre-existing indigenous heritage of expertise in classical languages and literature, postcolonial Ireland represents a unique case in the field of classical reception. This book opens a window on a rich and varied dialogue between significant figures in Irish cultural history and the Greek and Romansources that have inspired them, a dialogue that is firmly rooted in Ireland's historical past and continues to be ever-evolving. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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