A companion to Greek literature / / edited by Martin Hose and David Schenker

• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (575 p.)
• Disciplina: 880.9001
• Soggetto topico: Greek literature - History and criticism
• Persona (resp. second.): HoseMartin; SchenkerDavid J.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. The Extent of Our Known Losses2. Tales of Survival and Recovery; 3. Transmission: Copying, Editing, and Textual Criticism; Notes; References; Further Reading; Part II Greek Literature as a Dynamic System; Chapter 3 Orality and Literacy: Ancient Greek Literature as Oral Literature; 1. Oral Features of Ancient Greek Epic; 2. Oral-Formulaic Theory and Homeric Epic; 3. Internal Evidence for Orality in Homeric Epic; 4. From Oral Performance to Written Text; 5. Homeric Epic as Written Text; References; Further Reading; Chapter 4 Literature in the Archaic Age; 1. Literature, Lyric, Performance ; 7. Nonnus's DionysiacaNotes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 10 Lyric: Melic, Iambic, Elegiac; 1. Introduction; 2. The Field of Greek Lyric; 3. Iambos; 4. Elegy; 5. Melos; 6. Rethinking Ancient Greek Lyric; 7. "Lyric" Genre; 8. Conclusion; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 11 The Ethics of Greek Drama; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 12 Epigram and Minor Genres; 1. Introduction; 2. From Stone to Book; 3. The Textuality of Epigram Books; 4. The Traveling Reader; 5. The New Posidippus; 6. A Sequential Reading of Lucillius Anth. Pal. 11.75-7 ; 7. "The Sting of Love": Variations on a Theme
• Sommario/riassunto: A Companion to Greek Literature presents a comprehensive introduction to the wide range of texts and literary forms produced in the Greek language over the course of a millennium beginning from the 6th century BCE up to the early years of the Byzantine Empire. Features contributions from a wide range of established experts and emerging scholars of Greek literature Offers comprehensive coverage of the many genres and literary forms produced by the ancient Greeks-including epic and lyric poetry, oratory, historiography, biography, philosophy, the novel, and technical literature Includes readin
• Titolo autorizzato: Companion to Greek literature
• ISBN: 1-119-08861-5; 1-118-88691-7; 1-118-88606-2; 1-118-88595-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996441541903316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Blackwell companions to the ancient world.