Peter Gainsford
Cambridge University Press
e druk, 2016
9781316608883
Early Greek Hexameter Poetry
Specificaties
Paperback, 159 blz.
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Engels
Cambridge University Press |
e druk, 2016
ISBN13: 9781316608883
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
New Surveys in the C
Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
This is the first book to give an introduction to all genres of early Greek hexameter poetry; not only heroic legend and the origins of the gods, but also wisdom literature, genealogy, oracles, and epigraphy. It introduces both apprentice and expert readers to the extant poems and to the fragments of some lost poems. Some useful tools can be found here which do not exist anywhere else: a list of all known early hexameter inscriptions; a catalogue of evidence for 'cropping and splicing' of poems in ancient editions; an index of the editions of over a hundred fragmentary poets and poems. This book offers the most up-to-date research on literary criticism and literary form, mythology and genre, language and metre, and performance and music.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781316608883
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:159
Uitgever:Cambridge University Press
Serie:New Surveys in the C
Inhoudsopgave
Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. The Poems: 1. The Hesiodic works and days; 2. The Hesiodic theogony; 3. The Hesiodic catalogue of women; 4. The Hesiodic shield; 5. The Homeric hymns; 6. The epic cycle; 7. Oracle collectors (chresmologoi); 8. Epigraphy; Part II. Genre: 9. Large-scale: overarching topics and themes; 10. Medium-scale: sub-themes and major structural features; 11. Small-scale: tropes and stylistic features; Part III. Tradition and Legend: 12. Unrecorded traditions; 13. Hexameter and the formula; 14. Pre history of the epic tradition; Part IV. Performance: 15. Musical instruments; 16. Rhythm; 17. Pitch and melody; 18. Performance context; Part V. Fragments: 19. Introduction to fragments; 20. Examples of fragments; 21. How to approach a fragmentary text; 22. Vestigial fragments; Part VI. Relationship between Poems: 23. Modern scholarship: neoanalysis and other 'systemic' interpretations; 24. Ancient transmission: cropping and splicing; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.