Gilbert Murray Reassessed Hellenism, Theatre, and International Politics

by Stray, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9780199208791
• ISBN10: 0199208794
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780191526091
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-08-30
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

This is the first comprehensive account of the life and work of the distinguished scholar and public figure Gilbert Murray (1866-1957). Sixteen contributors survey his childhood, his work in the theatre and in international relations, his Greek scholarship and contributions on religion andphilosophy, his friendships (including those with Bertrand Russell and A. E. Housman), his long commitment to the Home University Library, his radio work, and his involvement with psychic research. The book opens with memoirs by two of his grandchildren. Two biographies of Murray were published inthe 1980s, but the range of his activities makes it impossible for a single person to encompass them all adequately. This book, published 50 years after his death, aims to proved a comprehensive reassessment of a remarkable man.

Author Biography

Christopher Stray is Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Classics, University of Wales Swansea.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Remembering our Grandfather	p. 17
A Broken Mirror: Gilbert Murray's Reflections of an Australian Childhood	p. 33
Gilbert Murray on Greek Literature: The Great/Greek Man's Burden	p. 51
Gilbert Murray and Greek Religion	p. 81
Gilbert Murray's Greek Editions	p. 103
Gilbert Murray's Translations of Greek Tragedy	p. 133
From the Court to the National: The Theatrical Legacy of Gilbert Murray's Bacchae	p. 145
Gilbert Murray and A. E. Housman	p. 167
'Macte nova virtute, puer!': Gilbert Murray as Mentor and Friend to J. A. K. Thomson	p. 181
Gilbert Murray, Bertrand Russell, and the Theory and Practice of Politics	p. 201
Gilbert Murray and International Politics	p. 217
Retrieving Cosmos: Gilbert Murray's Thought on International Relations	p. 239
The Classicist as Liberal Intellectual: Gilbert Murray and Alfred Eckhard Zimmern	p. 261
'That Living Voice': Gilbert Murray at the BBC	p. 293
'Yours Obediently, Gilbert Murray': Letters to The Times	p. 319
Gilbert Murray and Psychic Research	p. 349
Bibliography	p. 371
Index	p. 395
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