Stesichorus in Context

The first collection of essays, by leading scholars, on a major Greek poet whose works have only recently been recovered.

List of contents

1. The state of Stesichorean studies P. J. Finglass and Adrian Kelly; Part I. Stesichorus and Epic: 2. Stesichorus' Homer Adrian Kelly; 3. Stesichorus and the Epic Cycle Chris Carey; 4. Epic, lyric, and lyric epic M. L. West; Part II. Stesichorean Poetics: 5. Stesichorus, master of narrative P. J. Finglass; 6. Stesichorus the romantic Ian Rutherford; Part III. Reception and Influence: 7. Stesichorus at Athens Ewen Bowie; 8. Stesichorus on stage Laura Swift; 9. Sweet Stesichorus: Theocritus 18 and the Helen revisited Richard Hunter; 10. Stesichorus' readers: from Pierre de Ronsard to Anne Carson Gerson Schade.

About the author

P. J. Finglass is Professor of Greek at the University of Nottingham, and a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He has published editions of Sophocles' Electra and Ajax, of Pindar's Pythian Eleven, and of Stesichorus with Cambridge University Press, as well as many articles on archaic and classical Greek literature. In 2012 he was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize by the Leverhulme Trust. His research for this book was funded by an Early Career Fellowship awarded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.Adrian Kelly is Tutorial Fellow in Ancient Greek Language and Literature at Balliol College, Oxford, and Clarendon University Lecturer in Classics at the University of Oxford. He has published A Referential Commentary on Homer Iliad VIII (2007) and Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus (2009). He works mainly on archaic Greek poetry and Athenian tragedy.

Summary

This book presents ten new essays on aspects of the Greek poet Stesichorus, whose works have only recently been rediscovered. It will appeal to everybody interested in Greek poetry and its influence, and in the recovery of long-lost texts.

Product details

• Authors: P. J. Kelly Finglass
• Assisted by: P. J. Finglass (Editor), Adrian Kelly (Editor), Kelly Adrian (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781107645660
• ISBN: 978-1-107-64566-0
• No. of pages: 223
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient Greece, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, BCE to c 500 CE