Classics : why it matters /
"Classics ought to be obsolete. And yet it survives, not (or not only) as a marker of wealth and privilege but as a forward-looking and even radical discipline. In this incisive book, Neville Morley explores the present and future of the subject"--
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Polity Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK : |
Publication Dates: | 2018. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Why it matters series
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Summary: |
"Classics ought to be obsolete. And yet it survives, not (or not only) as a marker of wealth and privilege but as a forward-looking and even radical discipline. In this incisive book, Neville Morley explores the present and future of the subject"-- |
Carrier Form: | v, 143 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781509517930 (paperback) : 1509517936 (paperback) 9781509517923 (hardcover) 1509517928 (hardcover) 9781509517961 (ePub ebook) 1509517960 (ePub ebook) |
Index Number: | LC1011 |
CLC: | G40 |
Call Number: | G40/M864 |
Contents: | What's wrong with classics -- Charting the past -- Understanding the present -- Anticipating the future? |