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Talking Classics: The Shock Of The Old
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The Incomparable Mary Beard Is Back, And SheS Talking All Things Classics.Why The Ongoing Fascination With The Ancient World? This Witty, Approachable Book Asks WhyFor Better Or (Sometimes) WorseAntiquity Continues To Exert Such A Powerful Hold On The Contemporary Imagination. Recalling A Formative Childhood Encounter With A FourThousandYearOld Piece Of Bread In A Museum, Beard Introduces The Idea Of Thauma, Or Wonder, That KickStarted A Lifetime Engaging With Classics. It Was Not The Canonical Greats Of Ancient Literature And Art That Initially Drew Her In, She Confesses, But Rather The More Intimate, Messy, And Humdrum Evidence Of Daily Life In The Remote Past.Confronting The Uses And Abuses Of Symbols Of The Ancient World, Beard Reminds Us That The Traditions And Masterpieces Of Greece And Rome Have Certainly Been Politicized, But They Belong To Neither The Left Nor The Right. Happily, No One Owns The Past. She Warns Us Not To Let A Sense Of Reverence Or Overfamiliarity Dampen The Shock Of The Old, Arguing That One Of The Most Important Things That Classics Teach Us Is How To Grapple With Complicated And Controversial Things. The Greeks And Romans Are Long Dead, They Cannot Answer Back, And You Can Say What You Like About Them, She Reminds Readers. The Simple Fact That Classics Belong To None Of Us Can Offer A Safe Space To Argue About The Most Difficult Debates We Face Now.Beard Welcomes Everyone Into Classics. It Is Not Compulsory To Be Excited By The Ancient World, She Writes. But It Can Be A Shame Not To Be. This Charming, Sharp, And Readable Book From One Of The WorldS Most Entertaining Classicists Offers Something For Both New And Established Fans Of Classics, Bringing New Wonder And Curiosity To Even The Most Ancient Of Ideas.
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