A special issue on the 50th anniversary of the so-called "Harvard School" of Vergilian interpreta... more A special issue on the 50th anniversary of the so-called "Harvard School" of Vergilian interpretation, with articles by volume editor Julia Hejduk, Nandini Pandey, Zora Torleone, and James O'Hara, and reflections by 22 senior scholars on how the Harvard School has affected their readings of Vergil.
A short blog post introducing Galen for the Iris Project (irisonline.org) as part of the Iris Fes... more A short blog post introducing Galen for the Iris Project (irisonline.org) as part of the Iris Festival of Ancient and Modern Science.
The central character of Vergil’s "Aeneid" seems to elude readers. To some, he is unlikable; to o... more The central character of Vergil’s "Aeneid" seems to elude readers. To some, he is unlikable; to others, he seems unreal, a figure on which to hang a plot. "Aeneas" discovers a tragic figure whose defining virtue depends on a past that has been stripped from him, and whose destiny blocks him from the knowledge of the future that gives meaning to his life. His choices, silences, tears, and anger reflect an existential struggle that, in the end, he loses. Aeneas is a hero of the Trojan War, a time as distant from Vergil as Vergil is from us, but he is also a literary character created in response to political chaos and civil strife as the Roman Republic gave way to the Augustan empire. Lee T. Pearcy’s book creates an Aeneas for our time: an age of liquid modernity, when identities seem fungible and precarious, amid a moment of political conflict and collapsing institutions. This volume gives readers new translations and close readings of important passages, and it restores Aeneas to the center of Rome’s most important poem.
"Aeneas" discovers in the central character of Vergil’s "Aeneid" an Aeneas for an age of liquid m... more "Aeneas" discovers in the central character of Vergil’s "Aeneid" an Aeneas for an age of liquid modernity, a hero who vanishes into the multiple roles that he fails, in the end, to negotiate. His choices, silences, tears, and anger reveal a complex figure whose struggles to preserve his Trojan pietas leave him victor, vanquished, and victim in the civil wars of his own soul.
Forthcoming from University of Michigan Press July 2021.
A paper presented at the meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States, Wilmington,... more A paper presented at the meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States, Wilmington, Delaware, October 7, 2022
A talk delivered at the 150th annual meeting of the Society for Classical Studies as part of a "S... more A talk delivered at the 150th annual meeting of the Society for Classical Studies as part of a "Special 150th Panel—from APA to SCS: 150 Years of Professional Classics in North America," January 4, 2019.
A special issue on the 50th anniversary of the so-called "Harvard School" of Vergilian interpreta... more A special issue on the 50th anniversary of the so-called "Harvard School" of Vergilian interpretation, with articles by volume editor Julia Hejduk, Nandini Pandey, Zora Torleone, and James O'Hara, and reflections by 22 senior scholars on how the Harvard School has affected their readings of Vergil.
A short blog post introducing Galen for the Iris Project (irisonline.org) as part of the Iris Fes... more A short blog post introducing Galen for the Iris Project (irisonline.org) as part of the Iris Festival of Ancient and Modern Science.
The central character of Vergil’s "Aeneid" seems to elude readers. To some, he is unlikable; to o... more The central character of Vergil’s "Aeneid" seems to elude readers. To some, he is unlikable; to others, he seems unreal, a figure on which to hang a plot. "Aeneas" discovers a tragic figure whose defining virtue depends on a past that has been stripped from him, and whose destiny blocks him from the knowledge of the future that gives meaning to his life. His choices, silences, tears, and anger reflect an existential struggle that, in the end, he loses. Aeneas is a hero of the Trojan War, a time as distant from Vergil as Vergil is from us, but he is also a literary character created in response to political chaos and civil strife as the Roman Republic gave way to the Augustan empire. Lee T. Pearcy’s book creates an Aeneas for our time: an age of liquid modernity, when identities seem fungible and precarious, amid a moment of political conflict and collapsing institutions. This volume gives readers new translations and close readings of important passages, and it restores Aeneas to the center of Rome’s most important poem.
"Aeneas" discovers in the central character of Vergil’s "Aeneid" an Aeneas for an age of liquid m... more "Aeneas" discovers in the central character of Vergil’s "Aeneid" an Aeneas for an age of liquid modernity, a hero who vanishes into the multiple roles that he fails, in the end, to negotiate. His choices, silences, tears, and anger reveal a complex figure whose struggles to preserve his Trojan pietas leave him victor, vanquished, and victim in the civil wars of his own soul.
Forthcoming from University of Michigan Press July 2021.
A paper presented at the meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States, Wilmington,... more A paper presented at the meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States, Wilmington, Delaware, October 7, 2022
A talk delivered at the 150th annual meeting of the Society for Classical Studies as part of a "S... more A talk delivered at the 150th annual meeting of the Society for Classical Studies as part of a "Special 150th Panel—from APA to SCS: 150 Years of Professional Classics in North America," January 4, 2019.
International Journal of the Classical Tradition, 2009
... Each type of the Jewish Scripture finds its antitype in the Christian holy books. The old Man... more ... Each type of the Jewish Scripture finds its antitype in the Christian holy books. The old Man, Adam, prefigures the new Man, Christ, who completes the meaning inherent in his predecessor. ... Lee T. Pearcy The Episcopal Academy and St. ...
Stephanie Holton’s book, the revised and improved fruit of her doctoral studies at Royal Holloway... more Stephanie Holton’s book, the revised and improved fruit of her doctoral studies at Royal Holloway, sets out to mitigate this imbalance by exploring accounts of both sleep and dreams in Greek philosophical and medical texts from the sixth and (mostly) fifth centuries BC. Her decision to look at the physiological and psychological dimensions of sleep alongside dreams adds a new dimension to discussions of Greek dreaming. The practical organization of this book and the range of passages that it discusses guarantee that anyone interested in Greek dreams and their interpretations will return to it again and again.
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Forthcoming from University of Michigan Press July 2021.
Forthcoming from University of Michigan Press July 2021.