“And so with the moderns”: The Role of the Revolutionary Writer and the Mythicization of History in J. Leslie Mitchell’s Spartacus

The focus of this article is J. Leslie Mitchell’s Spartacus (1933), his fictional representation of the slave rebellion in ancient Rome led by the eponymous gladiator. The article begins by examining Mitchell’s contribution to debates over the role of the revolutionary writer in Left Review in the...

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Main Author: Scott Lyall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2022-12-01
Series:Clotho
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/clotho/article/view/11511