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Playful Classics : Classical Reception as a Creative Process

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Format Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series IMAGINES – Classical Receptions in the Visual and Performing Arts
ISBN-10 1350418625
ISBN-13 9781350418622
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Manufacture GB
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Nov 14th, 2024
Print length 288 Pages
Weight 592 grams
Dimensions 16.40 x 24.20 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification: Film, TV & radio Ancient history: to c 500 CE Board games
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Offers a wide-ranging overview of the reception of Greco-Roman antiquity as a ludic process.

This is the first book to deal exclusively with ludic interactions with classical antiquity – an understudied research area within classical reception studies – that can shed light on current processes of construction and appropriation of the Greco-Roman world. Classical antiquity has, for many years, been sold as a product and consumed in a wide variety of forms of entertainment. As a result, games, playing and playful experiences are a privileged space for the reception of antiquity. Through the medium of games, players, performers and audiences are put into direct contact with the classical past, and encouraged to experience it in a participative, creative and subjective fashion.

The chapters in this volume, written by scholars and practitioners, cover a variety of topics and cultural artefacts including toys, board games and video games, as well as immersive experiences such as museums, theme parks and toga parties. The contributors tackle contemporary ludic practices and several papers establish a dialogue between artists and scholars, contrasting and harmonising their different approaches to the role of playfulness. Other chapters explore the educational potential of these manifestations, or their mediating role in shaping our conceptions of ancient Greece and Rome. Altogether, this edited collection is the first to offer a comprehensive overview of the ways we can play with antiquity.

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