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James Redfield Edward Olson Distinguished Service Professor in Classical Languages & Literatures, the Committee on Social Thought and the College Areas of Expertise:
Josh Schonwald |
Background:
James Redfield is the author of Nature and Culture in the Iliad: The Tragedy of Hector (1975), The Locrian Maidens: Love and Death in Greek Italy (2004), and articles on Homer, Herodotus, Plato and Greek society. His teaching is focused on Greek language, literature and social history as they can be understood in the light of theory drawn from modern linguistics and anthropology.
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News clippings:
"Pouting? There's no pouting in the Trojan War" CHICAGO TRIBUNE May 13, 2004 |
Press releases:
Mystery plays of fifth century revived for special University production, May 14–15 |
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Chronicle articles:
Scholars to delve into mystery of 'the spirit within,' search for origin March 3, 2005 What did the Locrian maidens know about sex differences? Norman Maclean awards go to Franklin, Redfield |
Additional materials:
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