A people's history of classics : class and Greco-Roman antiquity in Britain and Ireland 1689 to 1939 - Hall, Edith, 1959-; Stead, Henry (London ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2020)
Motives and methods -- The invention of classics -- Working-class readers -- 18th-century working-class poets -- Classics and class in life-writing -- Working-class classics via the visual environment -- Staging class struggle classically -- Dissenting classics -- Workers' educational classics -- Classics & class in Ireland -- Scottish working classes -- Caractacus and Lloyd-George's recruiting drive in Wales -- Seditious classicists -- Underdog professors -- Ragged-trousered philologists -- Hinterland Greek -- Classical underworlds -- Class and the classical body -- Gods and heroes of the proletariat -- Shoemakers -- Pottery workers -- Miners -- Socialist and communist scholars -- Soldiers : Dai and Diomedes on the Somme -- Theatre practitioners.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Keywords: Civilization, Classical -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain -- History; Civilization, Classical -- Study and teaching -- Ireland -- History; Working class -- Great Britain -- Intellectual life; Working class -- Ireland -- Intellectual life; Great Britain -- Civilization -- Greek influences; Great Britain -- Civilization -- Roman influences; Ireland -- Civilization -- Greek influences; Ireland -- Civilization -- Roman influences; Great Britain -- Intellectual life; Ireland -- Intellectual life; Electronic books