{"product_id":"marginal-comment-9781350295827","title":"Marginal Comment","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarginal Comment\u003c\/i\u003e, which attracted keen and widespread interest on its original publication in 1994, is the remarkable memoir of one of the most distinguished classical scholars of the modern era. Its author, Sir Kenneth Dover, whose academic publications included the pathbreaking book \u003ci\u003eGreek Homosexuality\u003c\/i\u003e (1978, reissued by Bloomsbury in 2016), conceived of it as an experimental' autobiography  ruthlessly candid in retracing the full range of the author's experiences, both private and public, and unflinching in its attempt to analyse the entanglements between the life of the mind and the life of the body.Dover's distinguished career involved not only an influential series of writings about the ancient Greeks but also a number of prominent positions of leadership, including the presidencies of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and the British Academy. It was in those positions that he became involved in several high-profile controversies, including the blocking of an honorary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSir Kenneth Dover was both one of the 20th century's most brilliant classicists and a far from merely academic protagonist in at least two major intellectual scandals - about which he laid bare his heart as well as his head. This new edition of his blisteringly controversial memoir, \u003ci\u003eMarginal Comment\u003c\/i\u003e, is hugely to be welcomed. * Paul Cartledge, University of Cambridge, UK *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures  Editorial Foreword  Introduction: The Conception and Reception of \u003ci\u003eMarginal Comment\u003c\/i\u003e (Stephen Halliwell)  Preface  Acknowledgements   1. On Autobiography  2. Forebears  3. Escape Routes 1920–1932  4. Body and Soul 1926–1934  5. Exotica 1933–  6. Reconstitution 1935–1936  7. Transition 1936–1940  8. Intermission 1940–1945  9. Women, Children and Work 1940–1951  10. History, Comedy and Other Things 1949–  11. Migration 1951–1960  12. People and Power 1955–1966  13. Mind and Body 1958–  14. Plato and After 1962–1989  15. Tributaries 1962–  16. The Public 1964–1980  17. Fruition 1966–1968  18. Revolutions (Fringe) 1968–1975  19. Right and Wrong 1969–1983  20. Elevations 1970–1993  21. Dovers 1972–1982  22. College and University 1975–1986  23. Style 1977–1994  24. Excursions 1979–1984  25. The Blunt Affair 1979–1981  26. The Aston Affair 1980–1985  27. Admissions 1982–1984  28. Best Before 1983–  29. At Large 1984–1992  30. The Thatcher Affair 1985  31. A History Man  32. Epimetron 1994    Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738616672599,"sku":"9781350295827","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350295827.jpg?v=1720049666","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/marginal-comment-9781350295827","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}