Confronting the Classics by Mary Beard

Confronting the Classics by Mary Beard

Mary Bear explores our rich classical heritage in a series of essays - from Greek drama to Roman jokes, introducing some larger-than-life characters of classical history, such as Alexander the Great, Nero and Boudicca.

She's pulled off that rare trick of becoming a don with a high media profile who hasn't sold out, who is absolutely respected by the academy for her scholarship.. what she says is always powerful and interesting * Guardian *
She stands in the great tradition of myth-puncturing Latin classicists * New York Review of Books *
Beard is a very funny and penetrating commentator ... and has a fantastic knack for controversy. If they'd had Mary Beard on their side back then, the Romans would still have their empire * Daily Mail *
Professor Beard ... combines erudition with charm, wit and warmth in a way that's rare in academia. -- Rowan Pelling * Telegraph *
Beard is the best...communicator of Classics we have * Independent on Sunday *
witty, erudite collection...To Beard, the classical past is alive and kicking - and she has the great gift of being able to show just why classics is still a subject worth arguing about * Sunday Times *
highly engaging * Sunday Telegraph *
With such a champion as Beard to debunk and popularise, the future of the study of classics is assured * Daily Telegraph *
sparkling * The Lady *
so engaging, and at times so very funny -- Edith Hall * Times *
this is the perfect introduction to classical studies, and deserves to become something of a standard work in the future * Observer *
an irrepressible enthusiast with a refreshing disregard for convention * FT *

Mary Beard is a professor of classics at Newnham College, Cambridge, and the classics editor of the TLS. She has world-wide academic acclaim. Her previous books include the bestselling, Wolfson Prize-winning Pompeii, The Roman Triumph, The Parthenon and Confronting the Classics. Her blog has been collected in the books It's a Don's Life and All in a Don's Day. She is in the 2014 top 10 Prospect list of the most influential thinkers in the world.

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ISBN 13	9781781250488
ISBN 10	1781250480
Title	Confronting the Classics
Author	Mary Beard
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Profile Books Ltd
Year published	2013-03-07
Number of pages	384
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