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Gilbert Murray Reassessed
Hellenism, Theatre, and International Politics
Edited by Christopher Stray
416 pages
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Frontispiece
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216x138mm
978-0-19-920879-1
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Hardback
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12 July 2007
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- A timely reassessment of one of the best-known and most influential of all classicists
- Encompasses the very varied spheres (including international politics, radio broadcasting, and psychical research) in which Murray was active
- Discussion is integrated with a study of English intellectual culture of the time
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.Readership: Scholars and students of classics, especially of ancient Greek drama and the editing of classical texts; international politics; psychic research; radio history; publishing history; translation.
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Edited by Christopher Stray, Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Classics, University of Wales Swansea Contributors:
William Bruneau, University of British Columbia
Martin Ceadel, University of Oxford
Christopher Collard, University of Wales Swansea
Malcolm Davies, University of Oxford
Mark Griffith, University of California at Berkeley
N. J. Lowe, University of London
Fiona Macintosh, University of Oxford
Barbara McManus, College of New Rochelle
Mick Morris, Open University in Scotland
James Morwood, University of Oxford
Alexander
Murray, University of Oxford
Ann Paludan
Robert Parker, University of Oxford
Julia Stapleton, University of Durham
Christopher Stray, University of Wales Swansea
Francis West, Deakin University
Peter Wilson, LSE
Russell Wodell
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"The sheer range of Murray's activities is well served by this collection...imaginatively and sympathetically presenting Murray's many-faceted legacy." - Anna Vaninskaya, The Classical Review "The enterprise of resurrecting this quintessential Victorian Hellenist was well worth while." - Michael Llewellyn Smith The Anglo-Hellenic Review "timely and welcome" - Colin Leach, Notes and Queries
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Christopher Stray: Introduction
1: Ann Paludan & Alexander Murray: Remembering our grandfather
2: Francis West: A broken mirror: Gilbert Murray's reflections of an Australian childhood
3: Mark Griffith: Murray on Greek literature: the great/Greek man's burden
4: Robert Parker: Gilbert Murray and Greek religion
5: Christopher Collard: Murray and Greek texts
6: James Morwood: Murray's translations of Greek tragedy
7: Fiona Macintosh: From the Court to the National: the theatrical legacy of Gilbert Murray
8: Malcolm Davies: Murray and A. E. Housman
9: Barbara McManus: `Macte nova virtute, puer!': Gilbert Murray as mentor and friend to J. A. K. Thomson
10: William Bruneau: Gilbert Murray, Bertrand Russell, and the theory and practice of politics
11: Martin Ceadel: Gilbert Murray and international politics
12: Peter Wilson: Retrieving cosmos: Gilbert Murray's thought on international relations
13: Julia Stapleton: The classicist as liberal intellectual: Murray and Alfred Zimmern
14: Mick Morris: Gilbert Murray at the BBC
15: William Bruneau & Russell Wodell: Yours obediently, Gilbert Murray: letters to The Times
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