{"product_id":"gore-vidal-and-antiquity-sex-politics-and-religion-paperback-1","title":"Gore Vidal and Antiquity: Sex, Politics and Religion - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eQuentin Broughall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines Gore Vidal's lifelong engagement with the ancient world. Incorporating material from his novels, essays, screenplays and plays, it argues that his interaction with antiquity was central to the way in which he viewed himself, his writing, and his world. Divided between the three primary subjects of his writing - sex, politics, and religion - this book traces the lengthy dialogue between Vidal and antiquity over the course of his sixty-year career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBroughall analyses Vidal's portrayals of the ancient past in novels such as \u003ci\u003eJulian \u003c\/i\u003e(1964), \u003ci\u003eCreation \u003c\/i\u003e(1981) and \u003ci\u003eLive from Golgotha \u003c\/i\u003e(1992). He also shows how classical literature inspired Vidal's other fiction, such as \u003ci\u003eThe City and the Pillar \u003c\/i\u003e(1948), \u003ci\u003eMyra \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreckinridge \u003c\/i\u003e(1968), and his \u003ci\u003eNarratives of Empire \u003c\/i\u003e(1967-2000) novels. Beyond his fiction, Broughall examines the ways in which antiquity influenced Vidal's careers as a playwright, an essayist and a satirist, and evaluates the influence of classical authors and their works upon him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf interest to students and scholars in classical studies, reception studies, American politics and literature, and the work of Gore Vidal, this volume presents an original perspective on one of the most provocative writers and intellectuals in post-war American letters. It offers new insights into Vidal's attitudes, influences, and beliefs, and throws fresh light upon his patrician self-fashioning and his mercurial output.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQuentin J. Broughall\u003c\/strong\u003e is a classicist and writer from Ireland. His research interests are centred on the reception of antiquity in the Anglophone world during the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries, especially regarding changing perceptions of imperial Rome in Britain and the United States. He is currently writing a novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 190\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 28, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53878177104179,"sku":"9781032285344","price":104.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/D6b7BYh7-69781032285344_fff1e317-1345-4402-8bf4-009a465f459b.webp?v=1787191563","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/gore-vidal-and-antiquity-sex-politics-and-religion-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}