LEADER 03548nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910827727103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-292-79630-7 024 7 $a10.7560/791558 035 $a(CKB)1000000000461910 035 $a(OCoLC)614535168 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10245744 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000118590 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11129631 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000118590 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10052468 035 $a(PQKB)11737202 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443264 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2041 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443264 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10245744 035 $a(DE-B1597)586803 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292796300 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000461910 100 $a20020715d2002 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe cast of character $estyle in Greek literature /$fNancy Worman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-79155-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 239-251) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tLIST OF JOURNAL AND TEXTUAL ABBREVIATIONS -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $tCHAPTER 1 KOSMOS AND THE TYPICAL CASTS OF CHARACTER -- $tCHAPTER 2 ORAL PERFORMANCE, SPEECH TYPES, AND TYPICAL STYLES IN HOMER -- $tCHAPTER 3 VISIBLE TYPES AND VISUALIZING STYLES IN ARCHAIC POETRY -- $tCHAPTER 4 VERBAL MASQUERADE AND VISUAL IMPACT IN TRAGEDY -- $tCHAPTER 5 MANIPULATING THE SENSES IN RHETORICAL SET PIECES -- $tCONCLUSION -- $tNOTES -- $tBIBLIOGRAPHY -- $tGENERAL INDEX -- $tINDEX LOCORUM 330 $aWell before Aristotle's Rhetoric elucidated the elements of verbal style that give writing its persuasive power, Greek poets and prose authors understood the importance of style in creating compelling characters to engage an audience. And because their works were composed in predominantly oral settings, their sense of style included not only the characters' manner of speaking, but also their appearance and deportment. From Homeric epic to classical tragedy and oratory, verbal and visual cues work hand-in-hand to create distinctive styles for literary characters. In this book, Nancy Worman investigates the development and evolution of ideas about style in archaic and classical literature through a study of representations of Odysseus and Helen. She demonstrates that, as liars and imitators, pleasing storytellers, and adept users of costume, these two figures are especially skillful manipulators of style. In tracing the way literary representations of them changed through time?from Homer's positive portrayal of their subtle self-presentations to the sharply polarized portrayals of these same subtleties in classical tragedy and oratory?Worman also uncovers a nascent awareness among the Greek writers that style may be used not only to persuade but also to distract and deceive. 606 $aGreek literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aGreek language$xStyle 615 0$aGreek literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aGreek language$xStyle. 676 $a880.9/001 700 $aWorman$b Nancy$f1963-$0689403 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827727103321 996 $aThe cast of character$93926407 997 $aUNINA