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UNINA9910451182303321 |
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Titolo |
Politics of orality [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Craig Cooper |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-39671-0 |
9786611396718 |
90-474-0808-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (400 p.) |
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Collana |
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Orality and literacy in ancient Greece ; ; v. 6 |
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum, , 0169-8958 ; ; 280 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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CooperCraig R <1960-> (Craig Richard) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Greek literature - History and criticism |
Transmission of texts - Greece |
Oral communication - Greece |
Language and culture - Greece |
Oral tradition - Greece |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. I. Epic, orality and politics -- pt. II. Political manipulation of texts -- pt. III. The oral and written controversy : privileging literacy -- pt. IV. The oral and written controversy : privileging orality -- pt. V. Orality and written law. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This volume represents the sixth in the series on Orality and Literacy in the Ancient Greek and Roman Worlds. The present work comprises a collection of essays that explore the tensions and controversies that arise as a society moves from an oral to literate culture. Part 1 deals with both Homeric and other forms of epic; part 2 explores different ways in which texts and writing were manipulated for political ends. Part 3 and 4 deals with the controversies surrounding the adoption of writing as the accepted mode of communication; whereas some segments of society began to privilege writing over oral communication, others continued to maintain that the latter was |
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