Classics in Contemporary CultureREPORTING ON SIGHTINGS OF CONTINUING INFLUENCES...[see About Me for more]Odysseus, Model Father- June 16, 2008 Scott Huler holds up Odysseus as someone to think about--andor someone whose story one could have purchased for the purpose of gift-giving--on Father's Day (whoops): When we meet him in "The Odyssey," Odysseus isn't fighting a dragon or charming a...http://semperegoauditor.typepad.com/ccc/2008/06/odysseus-model-father.html Lynch and Herzog Take on Sophocles- June 13, 2008 David Lynch and Werner Herzog are reported to be collaborating on a film this summer, entitled My Son, My Son, and drawing on the reservoir of classical drama... My Son, My Son is based on the true story of a...http://semperegoauditor.typepad.com/ccc/2008/06/lynch-and-herzog-take-on-sophocles.html Hadrianus Philosophus- June 11, 2008 File under: People hate to be disabused of their misconceptions about antiquity that are rooted in Victorian prejudices. Also file under: Academics love to disabuse people of such misconceptions. Also also file under: But sometimes academics are people too. The...http://semperegoauditor.typepad.com/ccc/2008/06/hadrianus-philosophus.html Note to Self- June 10, 2008 Note to self (and anyone else who cares to listen in): Read this book. Nancy Shumate, Nation, Empire, Decline: Studies in Rhetorical Continuity from the Romans to the Modern Era. Classical Interfaces, vol. 5. London: Duckworth, 2006. BMCR review herehttp://semperegoauditor.typepad.com/ccc/2008/06/note-to-self.html Troyjam Revisited- June 10, 2008 Since I was not entirely clear on the concept when I first learned of it, I suppose it's only fair to return to the subject of Troyjam (now having been the schooled by the composer and his wife apparently, in...http://semperegoauditor.typepad.com/ccc/2008/06/troyjam-revisited.html Bring on the Tragedy! Bring on the Reception Studies! Bring on the Classless Canadians!- June 9, 2008 Carey Perloff may be bringing Greek --> Roman --> French --> English drama to the Stratford festival's stage in 2009: Recently, Perloff has been working on a new version, by the British writer Timberlake Wertenbaker, of Jean Racine's Phedre, the...http://semperegoauditor.typepad.com/ccc/2008/06/bring-on-the-tragedy-bring-on-the-receptio... Housman's Fortunes- June 9, 2008 Alex Larman at the Guardian's blog comments on Radio 4's recent bio of A. E. Housman: Housman's reputation burgeoned in the 20th century, partly because of the support of writers such as Kingsley Amis and Betjeman, and partly because in...http://semperegoauditor.typepad.com/ccc/2008/06/housmans-fortunes.html |