TheOxfordHistoryofClassicalReception(OHCREL)isdesignedtoofferacomprehensiveinvestigationofthenumerousanddiversewaysinwhichliterarytextsoftheclassicalworldhavestimulatedresponsesandrefashioningbyEnglishwriters.CoveringthefullrangeofEnglishliteraturefromtheearlyMiddleAgestothepresentday,OHCRELbothsynthesizesexistingscholarshipandpresentscutting-edgenewresearch,employinganinternationalteamofexpertcontributorsforeachofthefivevolumes.OHCRELendeavourstointerrogate,ratherthaninertlyreiterate,conventionalassumptionsaboutliterary’periods’,theprocessesofcanon-formation,andtherelationsbetweenliteraryandnon-literarydiscourse.Itconceivesof’reception’asacomplexprocessofdialogicexchangeand,ratherthanofferinglargeculturalgeneralizations,itengagesinclosecriticalanalysisofliterarytexts.ItexploresindetailthewaysinwhichEnglishwriters’engagementwithclassicalliteraturecastsasmuchlightontheclassicaloriginalsasitdoesontheEnglishwriters’ownculturalcontext.Thisfourthvolumecoverstheyears1790-1880andexploresromanticandVictorianreceptionsoftheclassics.Notingthechangingfortunesofparticularclassicalauthorsandtheinfluenceofdevelopmentsinarchaeology,aestheticsandeducation,ittracestheinterplaybetweenclassicalandnineteenth-centuryperceptionsofgender,class,religion,andthepoliticsofrepublicandempireinchaptersengagingwithmanyofthemajorwritersofthisperiod.
religion CLASS ENGLISH HISTORY OXFORD LITERATURE RELIGION class
