Matrices of Genre - Authors, Canons, and Society

The literary genres given shape by the writers of classical antiquity are central to our own thinking about the various forms literature takes. Examining those genres, the essays collected here focus on the concept and role of the author and the emergence of authorship out of performance in Greece and Rome.

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About the author

Mary Depew is Associate Professor of Classics, University of Iowa.Dirk Obbink is University Lecturer in Papyrology and Greek Literature, Christ Church, Oxford.

Summary

The literary genres given shape by the writers of classical antiquity are central to our own thinking about the various forms literature takes. Examining those genres, the essays collected here focus on the concept and role of the author and the emergence of authorship out of performance in Greece and Rome.

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• Authors: Mary Depew
• Assisted by: Mary Depew (Editor), Depew Mary (Editor), Dirk Obbink (Editor), Obbink Dirk (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.2000
• EAN: 9780674003385
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00338-5
• Weight: 617 g
• Series: Center for Hellenic Studies Co; Center for Hellenic Studies: Colloquia S.; Center for Hellenic Studies Colloquia; Center for Hellenic Studies Colloquia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; History, Latin, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, BCE period – Protohistory