Expurgating the Classics: Editing Out in Greek and Latin - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1849668922 ISBN 13: 9781849668927

Publisher: Bristol Classical Press, 2012

Synopsis

In the first collection to be devoted to this subject, a distinguished cast of contributors explores expurgation in both Greek and Latin authors in ancient and modern times. The major focus is on the period from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, with chapters ranging from early Greek lyric and Aristophanes through Lucretius, Horace, Martial and Catullus to the expurgation of schoolboy texts, the Loeb Classical Library and the Penguin Classics. The contributors draw on evidence from the papers of editors, and on material in publishing archives. The introduction discusses both the different types of expurgation, and how it differs from related phenomena such as censorship.

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About the Authors

Stephen Harrison is Professor of Latin Literature, Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, UK. His research interests are in Augustan Poetry, the Ancient Novel, esp. Apuleius, Classical Reception (especially 19th and 20th century UK). Among many books and articles he is author of: Vergil: Aeneid 10 (1991), Homage to Horace (ed., 1995), Apuleius: A Latin Sophist (2000) Generic Enrichment in Vergil and Horace (2007).

Christopher Stray is Honorary Research Fellow, University of Swansea, and Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Classics, University of London. He is a leading authority on the history of classical scholarship. His publications include Remaking the Classics: Literature, Genre and Media in Britain, 1800-2000 (2007) A.E. Housman: Classical Scholar (2009) and Classical Dictionaries: Past, Present and Future (2010).

Edition details

• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849668922
• ISBN 13: 9781849668927
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Stephen Harrison, Christopher Stray