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This volume reinvigorates the field of Classical Reception by investigating present-day culture, society, and politics, particularly gender, gender roles, and filmic constructions of masculinity and femininity which shape and are shaped by interacting economic, political, and ideological practices.

Receptions of Antiquity, Constructions of Gender in European Art, 1300-1600 examines the way in which late medieval and early modern visual culture engaged with Greek and Roman antiquity to construct and challenge contemporary gender norms.

Terence between Late Antiquity and the Age of Printing investigates Medieval and Early Renaissance reception of Terence in highly innovative ways by combining the diverse but interrelated strands of textual criticism, illustrative tradition and performance.

Return to Troy examines the Director's Cut of Troy: portrayals of gods, heroes, and the fall of Troy; supposed errors; cinematic epic technique; and the Iliad in twentieth-century culture. Unique features include an interview with the director and behind-the-scenes photographs.

The Reception of Ancient Greece and Rome in Children's Literature: Heroes and Eagles investigates the varying receptions of Ancient Greece and Rome in children's literature, covering the genres of historical fiction, fantasy, mystery stories and classical mythology, and considering the ideological manipulations in these works.