Athens in Paris Ancient Greece and the Political in Post-War French Thought
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Miriam Leonard is Lecturer in Classics, University of Bristol.Leonard manages in this tour de force section of the book to keep several balls juggled at once, but returns elegantly and faithfully to her main point... dense and thought-provoking
Richard H. Armstrong, Journal of Hellenic Studies
Leonard proffers an astute analysis of both aporia and heritage
Cahman Kerr Prince, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
a young scholar's impressively ardent account of more measured Parisian bagarres, between scholars and philosophes ... and of their competitive re-visions of ancient Greek myths and texts.
Frederic Raphael, Books of the Year, TLS
Leonard's book, inaugurating a new series from Oxford, Classical Presences, is a tour-de-force: intelligent, challenging and deeply reflected.
R.L. Gordon, Times Literary Supplement
Leonard concisely and successfully presents the reception of Greek texts as being at the core of the political debates in post-war French thought.
Hector Kollias, French Studies, Vol. LXI, No. 2