Ancient Greek & Latin Literature

Communicative Approaches for Ancient Languages

Edited by Steven Hunt, University of Cambridge, UK & Mair E. Lloyd, Open University, UK A first in its field, this book showcases current and emerging communicative practices in the teaching and learning of ancient Latin and Greek across contemporary education in the US, the UK, South America and continental Europe. The examples showcased in this volume provide readers with a vital survey of the most current issues in communicative language teaching, helping them to explore and consider adoption of a wider range of pedagogical practices, and encouraging them to develop tools to promote engagement and retention of a wider variety of students.

UK April 2021 • US April 2021 • 288 pages PB 9781350157330 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350157347 • £75.00 / $100.00 ePub 9781350157354 • £22.49 / $28.32 ePdf 9781350157361 • £22.49 / $28.32 Bloomsbury Academic

Anticipation and Anachrony in Statius’ Thebaid

Robert Simms, University of Oslo, Norway Applying the latest narratological theory and focusing on the use of anachrony (or 'chronological deviation'), this book explores how Statius competes - successfully - for a place within an established literary canon. With so many storyversions to start from, he was conveniently positioned to offer a unique exploration into how a compelling story could be created despite working within a saturated and overly familiar mythic tradition. This book argues that it is chiefly through the use of narrative anachrony, or non-chronological modes of narration, that Statius manipulates states of anticipation, suspense, and even surprise in his audience. PB 9781350191396 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350082571 ePdf 9781350082588 • £76.50 / $94.85 Bloomsbury Academic

Funerary Epigrams of Ancient Greece

Reflections on Literature, Society and Religion Marta González González, University of Málaga, Spain Taking a wide selection of Greek funerary epigrams from the 6th to 4th centuries BC, this volume considers their historical and chronological contexts to draw out information about the society that created them. A thematic structure within a broader chronological framework provides a valuable lens on the epigrams, allowing readers to compare particular types across the time period. The focus is on epitaphs of individuals in the most significant stages of life, where gender differences are most marked: themes include untimely death, women and wives, friendship, piety and non-kin love. All epigrams are offered in Greek, followed by an English translation.

Selections from Virgil's Aeneid Books 7-12

A Student Reader Ashley Carter, Independent Scholar, UK This reader of Virgil's text features passages from the second half of the Aeneid and is designed to help students understand and appreciate Virgil’s poem, as well as improve their Latin reading skills. Each Latin passage is accompanied by running vocabulary, on-page commentary notes and targeted questions. The book can be used as a source of oneoff unseen passages or as a reader for students working through individual books or the whole poem. An introduction sets the story of the Aeneid in its mythological, literary and historical context and includes a glossary of literary devices and essays explaining the principles of Virgil’s word order and metre. At the end of the book is a complete alphabetical vocabulary list.

UK February 2021 • US February 2021 • 224 pages PB 9781350136250 • £16.99 / $22.95 ePub 9781350136267 • £15.29 / $19.70 ePdf 9781350136274 • £15.29 / $19.70

UK April 2021 • US April 2021 • 216 pages ePub 9781350082595 • £76.50 / $94.85 Bloomsbury Academic

Reflections and New Perspectives on Virgil's Georgics

Edited by Nicholas Freer, University of Durham, UK & Bobby Xinyue, University of Warwick, UK Virgil’s Georgics, long the most neglected of the ancient poet’s works, are brought to the forefront of scholarly debate through a dynamic collection of new readings. The range of contributions, from scholars in Australia, across Europe and the US, examine how the poem has been (re) interpreted and appropriated by readers from antiquity to the modern era. The Georgics had a profound impact on the Western literary landscape, with a sustained and diverse intellectual interest in the poem starting with Virgil’s near-contemporaries and continuing to the present day.

UK August 2020 • US August 2020 • 304 pages PB 9781350177482 • £27.99 / $37.95 Previously published in HB 9781350070516 ePub 9781350070530 • £25.19 / $32.02 ePdf 9781350070523 • £25.19 / $32.02

Bloomsbury Academic

UK September 2020 • US September 2020 • 224 pages • 11 bw illus PB 9781350182882 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350062429 ePub 9781350062443 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9781350062436 • £76.50 / $94.85 Bloomsbury Academic

The Spell of Hypnos

Sleep and Sleeplessness in Ancient Greek Literature Silvia Montiglio, Johns Hopkins University, USA Silvia Montiglio's imaginative and comprehensive study illuminates the various ways in which writers in antiquity used sleep and sleeplessness to deal with major aspects of plot and character development in ancient Greek literature. Exploring recurring tropes of somnolence and wakefulness in the Iliad, the Odyssey, Athenian drama, the Argonautica and ancient novels by Xenophon, Chariton, Heliodorus and Achilles Tatius, this is a unique contribution to better understandings of ancient Greek writing.

UK December 2020 • US December 2020 • 336 pages • 11 bw illus PB 9781350197435 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781784533519 ePub 9780857739834 • £85.50 / $105.94 ePdf 9780857726599 • £85.50 / $105.94 Bloomsbury Academic