William Fitzgerald

William Fitzgerald is professor of classics at Kings College London. His most recent books are Slavery and the Roman Literary Imagination (2000) and Martial: The World of Epigram (2007), and he is now working on How to Read a Latin Poem, if you Can't Read Latin (Yet).

Mucking out the bullshit: Kubrick, Spartacus and Full Metal Jacket

Spartacus, a monstrosity of sentimentality, only survives in annual repeats on daytime television; Full Metal Jacket is regarded as one of the great 'Nam movies. Strong thematic and structural parallels, however, bind the two films together, and the nauseous incontinence of the earlier film can he

By William Fitzgerald

/ 14 Nov 2011

Carl Orff, beyond Nazi music

Carl Orff (1895-1982) must be counted one of the most successful of twentieth- century composers. Carmina Burana is performed every day of the year and Schulwerk (Schoolwork), his method for

By William Fitzgerald

/ 1 Feb 2009