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The Poet's Voice: Essays on Poetics and Greek Literature
By (author) Simon Goldhill, Foreword by Emma Greensmith
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How are poetry and the figure of the poet represented, discussed, contested within the poetry of ancient Greece? From what position does a poet speak? With what authority? With what debts to the past? With what involvement in the present? Through a series of interrelated essays on Homer, lyric poetry, Aristophanes, Theocritus and Apollonius of Rhodes, this landmark volume discusses key aspects of the history of poetics: tale-telling and the representation of man as the user of language; memorial and praise; parody, comedy and carnival; irony, masks and desire; the legacy of the past and the idea of influence. Detailed readings of major works of Greek literature and liberal use of critical writings from outside Classics help to align modern and ancient poetics in enlightening ways. This revised edition contains a substantial new Introduction which engages with critical and scholarly developments in Greek literature since the original publication.
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Publisher | Cambridge University Press
Published date | 13 Jun 2024
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 424
Dimensions | 235 x 159 x 27mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 760g
ISBN | 978-1-0094-7821-2
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BISAC | history / ancient / general
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