Antiquity has often been perceived as the source of Greece's modern achievements, as well as its frustrations, with the continuity between ancient and modern Greek culture and the legacy of classical Greece in Europe dominating and shaping current perceptions of the classical past. By moving beyond the dominant perspectives on the Greek past, this edited volume shifts attention to the ways this past has been constructed, performed, (ab)used, Hellenized, canonized, and ultimately decolonized and re-imagined. For the contributors, re-imagining the past is an opportunity to critically examine and engage imaginatively with various approaches. Chapters explore both the role of antiquity in texts and established cultural practices and its popular, material and everyday uses, charting the transition in the study of the reception of antiquity in modern Greek culture from an emphasis on the continuity of the past to the recognition of its diversity. Incorporating a number of chapters which adopt a comparative perspective, the volume re-imagines Greek antiquity and invites the reader to look at the different uses and articulations of the past both in and outside Greece, ranging from literature to education, and from politics to photography.

About the Author
Dimitris Tziovas is Professor of Modern Greek Studies at the University of Birmingham

Reviews
This is a rich and varied volume that includes excellent and innovative work from a balanced group of established and young, male and female scholars, and I warmly recommend it to anyone with an interest in Greek history and the dilemmas of identity, ownership and legacy related to national narratives in general, Europe's Greek legacy, and the modern Greek experience. * Trine Stauning Willert, Byzantine and Modern GreekStudies *
This volume delivers a wealth of information on Modern Greek perceptions of the past, and it goes far beyond the acceptance of glorifying nationalist views of continuity. The variety of essays should help Modern Greek Studies of classical reception reach a larger field. * Charles Stewart, Journal of Modern Greek Studies *
This collection expands the discussion of classical reception further in the Modern Greek world, not narrowing the argument to literature, but enriching the research fields, including history, arts, and humanities in general ... embedding cultural studies in the contemporary discourse. * Georgia Tsatsani, diogenes *
This collection expands the discussion of classical reception further in the Modern Greek world, not narrowing the argument to literature, but enriching the research fields, including history, arts, and humanities in general ... embedding cultural studies in the contemporary discourse. * Georgia Tsatsani, Diogenes *



Book Information
ISBN 9780199672752
Author Dimitris Tziovas
Format Hardback
Page Count 440
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 678g
Dimensions(mm) 223mm * 147mm * 32mm