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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 September 2023
Over the last few years, much of public discourse has been concerned with the rise of populist movements across the world. Hindu nationalism, Brexit, and the rise of Le Pen are just some of the phenomena that have garnered attention and concern. Although, in Rome and America, classicist and political scientist Dean Hammer does not start with this topic, contemporary populism is his destination, specifically in the shape of Donald Trump and the conditions in which his presidency arose. As Hammer investigates several aspects of both the creation and undoing of self-identity and political norms in the United States, he cites templates, points of comparison, and, finally, warnings in both Rome's founding myths and the history of its transition from republic to principate.
1 Rome and America. Communities of Strangers, Spectacles of Belonging. By Dean Hammer. Cambridge, New York, Melbourne and New Delhi, Cambridge University Press, 2023. Pp. xi + 252. 9 illustrations. Hardback £85, ISBN: 978-1-009-24960-7.
2 The Reception of Cleopatra in the Age of Mass Media. By Gregory N. Daugherty. IMAGINES – Classical Receptions in the Visual and Performing Arts series. London, New York and Dublin, Bloomsbury, 2023. Pp. xi + 225. 20 black and white illustrations. Hardback £85, ISBN: 978-13-503-4072-5.
3 After Ovid. Aspects of the Reception of Ovid in Literature and Iconography. Edited by Franca Ela Consolino. Turnhout, Brepols, 2022. Pp. 374. 29 colour illustrations, 4 black and white illustrations, 18 tables. Paperback £82, ISBN: 978-25-035-9250-3.
4 The Trials of Orpheus: Poetry, Science, and the Early Modern Sublime. By Jenny C. Mann. Princeton and Woodstock, Princeton University Press, 2021. Pp. xix + 217. 14 black and white illustrations. Hardback £30, ISBN: 978-06-912-1922-6.
5 Brecht and Tragedy: Radicalism, Traditionalism, Eristics. By Martin Revermann. Classics After Antiquity series. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2021. Pp. xvii + 474. 4 colour illustrations, 36 black and white illustrations, Hardback £82, ISBN: 978-1-108-48968-3.