The Idea of Iambos

Zusatztext merits the attention of all those who have an interest in genre theory ... This book with its audacious hypotheses will certainly serve those readers well who are familiar with the complexity and nuances of modern scholarship on early iambos. Informationen zum Autor Andrea Rotstein is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Classics, Tel Aviv University. Klappentext A long overdue study of the genre of Greek iambic poetry from the 7th to the late 4th centuries BCE. Employing the evidence of ancient testimonies, Andrea Rotstein also considers the more general question of how literary genres were perceived in ancient Greece. Zusammenfassung A long overdue study of the genre of Greek iambic poetry from the 7th to the late 4th centuries BCE. Employing the evidence of ancient testimonies, Andrea Rotstein also considers the more general question of how literary genres were perceived in ancient Greece. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Greek Iambos (7th to 4th cent. BC): Genre and Corpus 1: Approaching Genre 2: The Corpus of Iambic Poets 2. Ways of Seeing 3: Iambos in Aristotle's Works 4: Ancient Theories of Iambos 3. Iambos and Iambeion: A Study of Terms in Context 5: Iambos in Archilochus (fr. 215W) 6: Iambe and Iambos 7: Iambos and Iambeion in the Classical Period 4. The Performance of Iambos 8: Musical Performance of Iamboi 9: Public Performance of Iamboi 5. Perceptions of Iambos 10: Archilochus as Prototype of Invective Poetry 11: Invective as Dominant Feature of Iambos Final Remarks

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• Authors: Andrea Rotstein, Andrea (Senior Lecturer at the Department of Classics Rotstein, Rotstein Andrea
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2009
• EAN: 9780199286270
• ISBN: 978-0-19-928627-0
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets