Contextualizing Classics

This collection of original essays examines innovations in both the theory and practice of classical philology. The chapters address interdisciplinary methods in a variety of ways. Some apply theoretical insights derived from other disciplines such as folklore studies performance theory feminist criticism and the like to classical texts. Others examine the relationships between classics and cultural studies popular literature film art history and other related disciplines. Others again look to the evolution of theoretical methods within the discipline of classics. Taken together the essays offer a spectrum of new approaches in the classics and their place within the profession.