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Book Synopsis The Art of Aeschylus by : Thomas G. Rosenmeyer
Download or read book The Art of Aeschylus written by Thomas G. Rosenmeyer and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1982-01-01 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ancient Fiction by : Jo-Ann A. Brant
Download or read book Ancient Fiction written by Jo-Ann A. Brant and published by Society of Biblical Lit. This book was released on 2005 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this volume examine the relationship between ancient fiction in the Greco-Roman world and early Jewish and Christian narratives. They consider how those narratives imitated or exploited conventions of fiction to produce forms of literature that expressed new ideas or shaped community identity within the shifting social and political climates of their own societies. Major authors and texts surveyed include Chariton, Shakespeare, Homer, Vergil, Plato, Matthew, Mark, Luke, Daniel, 3 Maccabees, the Testament of Abraham, rabbinic midrash, the Apocryphal Acts, Ezekiel the Tragedian, and the Sophist Aelian. This diverse collection reveals and examines prevalent issues and syntheses in the making: the pervasive use and subversive power of imitation, the distinction between fiction and history, and the use of history in the expression of identity.
Book Synopsis Pindar and the Emergence of Literature by : Boris Maslov
Download or read book Pindar and the Emergence of Literature written by Boris Maslov and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For much of Western history, Pindar's work was recognized as the pinnacle of lyric poetry. This book presents an introduction to different aspects of Pindar's art, while demonstrating its importance for the coming into being of literature as it has been conceived of in the West.
Download or read book Reading Sappho written by Ellen Greene and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-07-28 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading Sappho considers Sappho's poetry as a powerful, influential voice in the Western cultural tradition. Essays are divided into four sections: "Language and Literary Context," "Homer and Oral Tradition", "Ritual and Social Context", and "Women's Erotics". Contributors focus on literary history, mythic traditions, cultural studies, performance studies, recent work in feminist theory, and more. A legendary literary figure, Sappho has attracted readers, critics, and biographers ever since she composed poems on the island of Lesbos at the close of the seventh century B.C. Bringing together some of the best recent criticism on the subject, this volume, together with Re-Reading Sappho, represents the first anthology of Sappho scholarship, drawing attention to Sappho's importance as a poet and reflecting the diversity of critical approaches in classical and literary scholarship during the last several decades.
Download or read book Aeschylus: Eumenides written by Aeschylus and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989-11-09 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Sommerstein presents here a freshly constituted text, with introduction and commentary, of Eumenides, the final play in Aeschylus' Oresteia trilogy.
Book Synopsis Archaic and Classical Choral Song by : Lucia Athanassaki
Download or read book Archaic and Classical Choral Song written by Lucia Athanassaki and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011 with total page 573 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the performance and dissemination of Greek poems of the seventh to the fifth centuries BC whose premieres were presented by a chorus singing in a ritual context or in secular celebrations of athletic victories. It explores how choruses presented themselves; individuals' and communities' roles in funding performances and securing the circulation of texts; how performances continued inside and outside family and city, whether chorally or in symposia, with the consequence that Athenian theatre audiences could be expected to appreciate allusion to or reworking of such poetic forms in tragedy and comedy; and how such performances contributed to transmission of the poems' texts until they were collected by Hellenistic scholars.
Download or read book If Not, Winter written by Sappho and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-03-12 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By combining the ancient mysteries of Sappho with the contemporary wizardry of one of our most fearless and original poets, If Not, Winter provides a tantalizing window onto the genius of a woman whose lyric power spans millennia. Of the nine books of lyrics the ancient Greek poet Sappho is said to have composed, only one poem has survived complete. The rest are fragments. In this miraculous new translation, acclaimed poet and classicist Anne Carson presents all of Sappho’s fragments, in Greek and in English, as if on the ragged scraps of papyrus that preserve them, inviting a thrill of discovery and conjecture that can be described only as electric—or, to use Sappho’s words, as “thin fire . . . racing under skin.” "Sappho's verse has been elevated to new heights in [this] gorgeous translation." --The New York Times "Carson is in many ways [Sappho's] ideal translator....Her command of language is hones to a perfect edge and her approach to the text, respectful yet imaginative, results in verse that lets Sappho shine forth." --Los Angeles Times
Book Synopsis Greek Literature in the Hellenistic Period by : Gregory Nagy
Download or read book Greek Literature in the Hellenistic Period written by Gregory Nagy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is available on its own or as part of the seven volume set, Greek Literature. This collection reprints in facsimile the most influential scholarship published in this field during the twentieth century. For a complete list of the volume titles in this set, see the listing for Greek Literature [ISBN 0-8153-3681-0]. A full table of contents can be obtained by email: [email protected].
Book Synopsis The Syntax of Sophocles by : A.C. Moorhouse
Download or read book The Syntax of Sophocles written by A.C. Moorhouse and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preliminary Material /A. C. Moorhouse -- Number and Gender /A. C. Moorhouse -- Case Usage /A. C. Moorhouse -- Nominative and Vocative /A. C. Moorhouse -- Accusative /A. C. Moorhouse -- Genitive /A. C. Moorhouse -- Dative /A. C. Moorhouse -- Prepositions and Preverbs /A. C. Moorhouse -- Pronouns /A. C. Moorhouse -- Adjectives and adverbs /A. C. Moorhouse -- Voice /A. C. Moorhouse -- The Tenses /A. C. Moorhouse -- The Moods /A. C. Moorhouse -- The Infinitive /A. C. Moorhouse -- Participles /A. C. Moorhouse -- Relative clauses /A. C. Moorhouse -- Conditional clauses /A. C. Moorhouse -- Final clauses, and clauses after verbs of 'fearing' /A. C. Moorhouse -- Temporal clauses /A. C. Moorhouse -- Causal clauses /A. C. Moorhouse -- Comparative clauses /A. C. Moorhouse -- Consecutive clauses /A. C. Moorhouse -- Substantive clauses /A. C. Moorhouse -- Negatives /A. C. Moorhouse -- Nominal Structure /A. C. Moorhouse -- Bibliography /A. C. Moorhouse -- Index of selected Passages /A. C. Moorhouse -- Subject Index /A. C. Moorhouse.
Book Synopsis The Craft of Poetic Speech in Ancient Greece by : Claude Calame
Download or read book The Craft of Poetic Speech in Ancient Greece written by Claude Calame and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this subtle, learned, and daring book, Claude Calame subverts common assumptions about the relationships between poet and audience, challenging his readers to rethink the very principles of mythmaking in the poetry and art of the ancient Greeks.
Book Synopsis The Artistry of Aeschylus and Zeami by : Mae J. Smethurst
Download or read book The Artistry of Aeschylus and Zeami written by Mae J. Smethurst and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By means of a cross-cultural analysis of selected examples of early Japanese and early Greek drama, Mae Smethurst enhances our appreciation of each form. While using the methods of a classicist to increase our understanding of no as literary texts, she also demonstrates that the fifteenth-century treatises of Zeami--an important playwright, actor, critic, and teacher of no--offer fresh insight into Aeschylus' use of actors, language, and various elements of stage presentation. Relatively little documentation apart from the texts of the plays is available for the Greek theater of the fifth century B.C., but Smethurst uses documentation on no, and evidence from no performances today, to suggest how presentations of the Persians could have been so successful despite the play's lack of dramatic confrontation. Aeschylean theater resembles that of Zeami in creating its powerful emotional and aesthetic effect through a coherent organization of structural elements. Both playwrights used such methods as the gradual intensification of rhythmic and musical effects, an increase in the number and complexity of the actors' movements, and a progressive focusing of attention on the main actors and on costumes, masks, and props during the course of the play. Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Book Synopsis The Mortal Voice in the Tragedies of Aeschylus by : Sarah Nooter
Download or read book The Mortal Voice in the Tragedies of Aeschylus written by Sarah Nooter and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voice connects our embodied existence with the theoretical worlds we construct. This book argues that the voice is a crucial element of mortal identity in the tragedies of Aeschylus. It first presents conceptions of the voice in ancient Greek poetry and philosophy, understanding it in its most literal and physical form, as well as through the many metaphorical connotations that spring from it. Close readings then show how the tragedies and fragments of Aeschylus gain meaning from the rubric and performance of voice, concentrating particularly on the Oresteia. Sarah Nooter demonstrates how voice - as both a bottomless metaphor and performative agent of action - stands as the prevailing configuration through which Aeschylus' dramas should be heard. This highly original book will interest all those interested in classical literature as well as those concerned with material approaches to the interpretation of texts.
Book Synopsis Aristophanes and the Definition of Comedy by : M. S. Silk
Download or read book Aristophanes and the Definition of Comedy written by M. S. Silk and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All Greek in the text is translated; the versions offered seek to convey the distinctive character of the original."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Synopsis Choral Mediations in Greek Tragedy by : Renaud Gagné
Download or read book Choral Mediations in Greek Tragedy written by Renaud Gagné and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-17 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores how the choruses of Ancient Greek tragedy creatively combined media and discourses to generate their own specific forms of meaning. The contributors analyse choruses as fictional, religious and civic performers; as combinations of text, song and dance; and as objects of reflection in themselves, in relation and contrast to the choruses of comedy and melic poetry. Drawing on earlier analyses of the social context of Greek drama, the non-textual dimensions of tragedy, and the relations between dramatic and melic choruses, the chapters explore the uses of various analytic tools in allowing us better to capture the specificity of the tragic chorus. Special attention is given to the physicality of choral dancing, musical interactions between choruses and actors, the trajectories of reception, and the treatment of time and space in the odes.
Book Synopsis The Athenian Institution of the Khoregia by : Peter Wilson
Download or read book The Athenian Institution of the Khoregia written by Peter Wilson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-09-18 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first major study of a central cultural institution of classical Athens.
Book Synopsis Aeschylus' Oresteia by : Michael Ewans
Download or read book Aeschylus' Oresteia written by Michael Ewans and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-03-21 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a fully revised new edition of Michael Ewans’ 1995 English translation of the Oresteia, taking into account the extensive work published on the trilogy in recent years. Accompanying this lucid, accurate and actable translation is a substantial introduction, outlining the festival setting of the plays, the original performance conditions and performance style, the form and meaning of the trilogy, the issues surrounding the act of translation, and finally a survey of some major productions since 1980. The text itself is a thoroughly competitive translation into modern English verse, now significantly revised in the light of recent scholarship on the text. It is followed by a theatrical commentary on each scene and chorus, providing unique insights into how the plays might have been staged in ancient Athens and how they can be staged today. The book also includes notes on the translation, two glossaries of names and Greek terms, selected further reading, and a chronology of Aeschylus’ life and times. Aeschylus’ Oresteia: Translation and Theatrical Commentary is the most comprehensive English edition of Aeschylus’ masterpiece, and this new edition fully meets the needs of teachers, students and practitioners working on the trilogy as well as those interested in ancient Greek drama and literature more broadly.
Book Synopsis A Companion to Tragedy by : Rebecca Bushnell
Download or read book A Companion to Tragedy written by Rebecca Bushnell and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-03-30 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to Tragedy is an essential resource for anyone interested in exploring the role of tragedy in Western history and culture. Tells the story of the historical development of tragedy from classical Greece to modernity Features 28 essays by renowned scholars from multiple disciplines, including classics, English, drama, anthropology and philosophy Broad in its scope and ambition, it considers interpretations of tragedy through religion, philosophy and history Offers a fresh assessment of Ancient Greek tragedy and demonstrates how the practice of reading tragedy has changed radically in the past two decades