Overview

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 and philosophy, 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 in the 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.

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Author:   Christopher Stray (Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Classics, University of Wales Swansea)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.517kg
ISBN:  

9780199544974

ISBN 10:   0199544972
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   03 April 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Christopher Stray: Introduction 1: Ann Paludan & Alexander Murray: Remembering our grandfather 2: Francis West: A broken mirror: Gilbert Murray's reflections of an Australian childhood 3: Mark Griffith: Murray on Greek literature: the great/Greek man's burden 4: Robert Parker: Gilbert Murray and Greek religion 5: Christopher Collard: Murray and Greek texts 6: James Morwood: Murray's translations of Greek tragedy 7: Fiona Macintosh: From the Court to the National: the theatrical legacy of Gilbert Murray 8: Malcolm Davies: Murray and A. E. Housman 9: Barbara McManus: `Macte nova virtute, puer!': Gilbert Murray as mentor and friend to J. A. K. Thomson 10: William Bruneau: Gilbert Murray, Bertrand Russell, and the theory and practice of politics 11: Martin Ceadel: Gilbert Murray and international politics 12: Peter Wilson: Retrieving cosmos: Gilbert Murray's thought on international relations 13: Julia Stapleton: The classicist as liberal intellectual: Murray and Alfred Zimmern 14: Mick Morris: Gilbert Murray at the BBC 15: William Bruneau & Russell Wodell: Yours obediently, Gilbert Murray: letters to The Times

Reviews

The sheer range of Murray's activities is well served by this collection...imaginatively and sympathetically presenting Murray's many-faceted legacy. Anna Vaninskaya, The Classical Review The enterprise of resurrecting this quintessential Victorian Hellenist was well worth while. Michael Llewellyn Smith The Anglo-Hellenic Review timely and welcome Colin Leach, Notes and Queries

The sheer range of Murray's activities is well served by this collection...imaginatively and sympathetically presenting Murray's many-faceted legacy. Anna Vaninskaya, The Classical Review The enterprise of resurrecting this quintessential Victorian Hellenist was well worth while. Michael Llewellyn Smith The Anglo-Hellenic Review timely and welcome Colin Leach, Notes and Queries

Author Information

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

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