POETRY AND ITS PUBLIC IN ANCIENT GREECE From Homer to the Fifth Century Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988

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Details

Year of publication

1988

ISBN

080183290X

Place of printing

Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.

Author

Gentili, Bruno, A. Thomas Cole (Translator)

Publishers

Johns Hopkins University Press

Edition

First Edition

Keyword

Greek Literature Poetry & Poets Literary Criticism

Cover description

Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Binding description

Hardcover ISBN 080183290X

First edition

Yes

Description

Minor bumping to corners. Minor shelfwear to book and DJ. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; This superb and fascinating book insists upon trying to place the poetry of Sappho, Alcaeus, Pindar, Archilochus, and others within its social and ritual contexts: oral performance, patron/poet relationship, and religious or communal function. Considering the evidence, such efforts must at times rely upon inspiration, but the close textual readings of individual poems, judicious use of anthropological method, and inclusion of many of the recently discovered fragments creates a vivid picture. ; 384 pages