Classical Studies: A Guide to the Reference Literature

Is there still a place in our digital online global village for the traditional printed literature guide? There is probably a very good case for suggesting that the very nature of our new unstructured networked society actually demands such physical signposts and guidebooks; at any rate, the regularity with which new titles are produced in series by various major publishers indicates a healthy enough market for their purchase. Perhaps classical studies can be said to be one of the topics most needing such a guide. Once the bedrock of the Western curriculum, classical studies fell into disfavour first in the...