Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
From the time schoolchildren write their first essays, they are taught never to use the word I', that the intervention of the personal pronoun - and thus their own opinions, rather than those of the scholarly tradition - negates the value of their work. This challenging, provocative and illuminating volume of ten papers very much challenges that idea, forming as it does the first collection of theoretically-informed autobiographical writing in the field of classical studies.
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First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Compromising Traditions is the first collection of theoretically informed autobiographical writing in the field of classical studies which aims to create a more expansive and authoritative form of classical scholarship.