Gilbert Murray Reassessed

Hellenism, Theatre, and International Politics

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

Av Christopher Stray, University of Wales Swansea) Stray, Christopher (Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Classics

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This is the first comprehensive account of the life and work of the distinguished scholar and public figure Gilbert Murray (1866-1957). Sixteen contributors survey his childhood, his work in the theatre and in international relations, his Greek scholarship and contributions on religion and philosophy, his friendships (including those with Bertrand Russell and A. E. Housman), his long commitment to the Home University Library, his radio work, and his involvement with psychic research. The book opens with memoirs by two of his grandchildren. Two biographies of Murray were published in the 1980s, but the range of his activities makes it impossible for a single person to encompass them all adequately. This book, published 50 years after his death, aims to proved a comprehensive reassessment of a remarkable man.

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Utgivningsdatum2008-04-03
Mått138 x 215 x 24 mm
Vikt517 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor416
FörlagOUP OXFORD
ISBN9780199544974

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Introduction ; 1. Remembering our grandfather ; 2. A broken mirror: Gilbert Murray's reflections of an Australian childhood ; 3. Murray on Greek literature: the great/Greek man's burden ; 4. Gilbert Murray and Greek religion ; 5. Murray and Greek texts ; 6. Murray's translations of Greek tragedy ; 7. From the Court to the National: the theatrical legacy of Gilbert Murray ; 8. Murray and A. E. Housman ; 9. 'Macte nova virtute, puer!': Gilbert Murray as mentor and friend to J. A. K. Thomson ; 10. Gilbert Murray, Bertrand Russell, and the theory and practice of politics ; 11. Gilbert Murray and international politics ; 12. Retrieving cosmos: Gilbert Murray's thought on international relations ; 13. The classicist as liberal intellectual: Murray and Alfred Zimmern ; 14. Gilbert Murray at the BBC ; 15. Yours obediently, Gilbert Murray: letters to The Times