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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782102603321

Autore

Faraone Christopher A

Titolo

The stanzaic architecture of early Greek elegy [[electronic resource] /] / Christopher A. Faraone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-383-03698-5

1-281-51520-5

9786611515201

0-19-155318-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Disciplina

884/.0109

Soggetti

Elegiac poetry, Greek - History and criticism

Greek language - Metrics and rhythmics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-188) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Note on Abbreviations and Transliterations; 1. Introduction; 2. Internal Structure; 3. Composition; 4. Performance; 5. Improvisation; 6. Innovation and Archaism; 7. Revival; 8. Conclusions; Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography; Indexes

Sommario/riassunto

A study of poetic form in early Greek elegy. Christopher A. Faraone draws on analogies from Italian and English song and poetry of the Renaissance. All Greek is translated and all technical terms explained. - ;In this study of poetic form in early Greek elegy, Christopher A. Faraone argues against the prevailing assumption that it was a genre of stichic poetry derived from or dependent on epic verse. Faraone emphasizes the fact that early elegiac poets composed their songs to the tune of an aulos (a kind of oboe) and used a five-couplet stanza as a basic unit of composition. He points out how