Maxwell Anderson and the Classical Tradition: The Muses in America (Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies) - Hardcover

Rabel, Robert J.

 
9781032782836: Maxwell Anderson and the Classical Tradition: The Muses in America (Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies)

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This book sheds new light on the dramatic works of the American playwright, poet, and lyricist Maxwell Anderson, assessing the pervasive influence of Greek and Roman antiquity on his plays that dominated Broadway in the first half of the twentieth century.

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Robert J. Rabel is Professor of Classics at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. He has also taught at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. He is the author of Plot and Point of View in the Iliad (1997) and editor of Approaches to Homer, Ancient and Modern (2005). He has also written articles on Homer, Greek tragedy, Greek and Roman philosophy, Greek history, Roman epic, Classics and film, and Classical influences on American drama. He is currently writing a book applying the modern theory of political realism to the Iliad and the movie Troy, to be titled Getting Real about the Trojan War.

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