The Poet's Voice: Essays on Poetics and Greek Literature Tapa blanda - 1990

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (...), 1991. XI,369p. Paperback. 'The project of this book', writes the author in his Preface, 'is to investigate how poetry and the figure of the poet are represented, discussed, contested within the poetry of ancient Greece'. Dr Goldhill seeks to discover how ancient authors broached the questions: 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, key aspects in the history of poetics are discussed: 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 show how richly rewarding and revealing this approach can be. The author makes liberal use of critical writings from… Leer más

Cambridge University Press. Very Good. 1990. Softcover. 0521395704 . Wraps tanned. Scholar's name to ffep (D. Gerber). ; 6 X 0.96 X 9 inches; 384 pages .

Cambridge University Press. Very Good. 1991. Softcover. 0521395704 . Wraps tanned. Scholar's name to ffep (Bonnie Maclachlan [née Ward]). Faint creasing to upper corner of front wrap. ; 6 X 0.96 X 9 inches; 384 pages .

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This book is a study of ancient Greek poetry that analyses how that poetry itself discusses the question: What is a poet? It focuses on major texts and on several major areas of poetics central to ancient and modern concerns.

Paperback / softback. New. This book is a study of ancient Greek poetry that analyses how that poetry itself discusses the question: What is a poet? It focuses on major texts and on several major areas of poetics central to ancient and modern concerns.

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Cambridge Univ Pr, 1991. Paperback. New. 381 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches.

Cambridge University Press, 1990-11-30. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!