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Nagy, Gregory

PINDAR'S HOMER The Lyric Possession of An Epic Past Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990

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Year of publication
1990
Author
Nagy, Gregory
Publishers
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Keyword
Literature & Fiction Epic Poetry Poetry & Poets Greek Literature, Classical Greek & Roman Pindar Homer Lyric Poetry
Binding description
Hardcover ISBN 0801839327

Description

Scholar's name to ffep (D. Gerber). Creasing to top edge of rear panel of DJ. ; Nagy challenges the widely held view that the development of lyric poetry in Greece represents the rise of individual innovation over collective tradition. Arguing that Greek lyric represents a tradition in its own right, Nagy shows how the form of Greek epic is in fact a differentiation of forms found in Greek lyric. ; 1.75 x 9.75 x 6.5 Inches; 414 pages