{"product_id":"greek-and-roman-classics-in-the-british-struggle-for-social-reform-paperback","title":"Greek and Roman Classics in the British Struggle for Social Reform - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenry Stead\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eEdith Hall\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreek and Roman Classics in the British Struggle for Social Reform\u003c\/i\u003e presents an original and carefully argued case for the importance of classical ideas, education and self-education in the personal development and activities of British social reformers in the 19th and first six decades of the 20th century. Usually drawn from the lower echelons of the middle class and the most aspirational artisanal and working-class circles, the prominent reformers, revolutionaries, feminists and educationalists of this era, far from regarding education in Latin and Greek as the preserve of the upper classes and inherently reactionary, were consistently inspired by the Mediterranean Classics and contested the monopoly on access to them often claimed by the wealthy and aristocratic elite.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays, several of which draw on previously neglected and unpublished sources, cover literary figures (Coleridge, the 'Cockney Classicist' poets including Keats, and Dickens), different cultural media (burlesque theatre, body-building, banner art, poetry, journalism and fiction), topics in social reform (the desirability of revolution, suffrage, poverty, social exclusion, women's rights, healthcare, eugenics, town planning, race relations and workers' education), as well as political affiliations and agencies (Chartists, Trade Unions, the WEA, political parties including the Fabians, the Communist Party of Great Britain and the Labour Party). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sixteen essays in this volume restore to the history of British Classics some of the subject's ideological complexity and instrumentality in social progress, a past which is badly needed in the current debates over the future of the discipline. Contributors include specialists in English Literature, History, Classics and Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdith Hall \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Classics, King's College London, UK, and Consultant Director of the APGRD in Oxford, UK. She has published more than twenty books on ancient Greek culture and its reception including\u003ci\u003e Inventing the Barbarian \u003c\/i\u003e(1989), \u003ci\u003eThe Theatrical Cast of Athens\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), \u003ci\u003eThe Return of Ulysses\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), \u003ci\u003eGreek Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), \u003ci\u003eAdventures with Iphigenia in Tauris \u003c\/i\u003e(2013) and \u003ci\u003eIntroducing the Ancient Greeks\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry Stead\u003c\/b\u003e is AHRC Postdoctoral Research Associate, King's College London, UK, and author of \u003ci\u003eA Cockney Catullus\u003c\/i\u003e (forthcoming).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42121879453831,"sku":"9781350019164","price":95.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/1c12b408ee7b006c120ea6c74673427b.webp?v=1732556551","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/greek-and-roman-classics-in-the-british-struggle-for-social-reform-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}