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Adkins, Arthur W. H.

POETIC CRAFT IN THE EARLY GREEK ELEGISTS Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

University of Chicago Press, 1985

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Year of publication
1985
Author
Adkins, Arthur W. H.
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
Keyword
Elegiac Poetry Poetry & Poets Greek Literature Literary, Criticism Classical Greek & Roman
Cover description
Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Binding description
Hardcover ISBN 0226007251

Description

Dustjacket has a few small tears and chipping. Scholar's name to ffep (D. Gerber). ; Using examples from the work of eight elegists--Archilochus, Callinus, Tyrtaeus, Mimnermus, "Theognis" , Solon, Simonides, and Xenophanes-- Adkins analyzes the uses of caesurae, other pauses, word choice and order, and meter in the elegies. Allusions to Homer, labeled by many commentaries as "epic borrowings" are examined and Adkins discusses why the borrowings were made and to what poetic purpose. .Offers a technical analysis of the Greek elegy. ; 248 pages