Hellenistic Studies at a Crossroads Exploring Texts, Contexts and Metatexts

This volume is a collection of fifteen papers written by a team of international experts in the field of Hellenistic literature. In an attempt to reassess methods such as the detection of intertextual allusions or the general notion of neoteric poetics, the authors combine current critical trends (narratology, genre-theory, aesthetics, cultural studies) with a close reading of Hellenistic texts. Contributions address a wealth of topics in a variety of texts which include not only poems by the major Alexandrians but also prose works, epigrams, epigraphic material and scholia. Perspectives range from linguistic analysis to interdisciplinary studies, whereas post-classical literature is also seen against the background of the cultural and ideological contexts of the era. Besides reviewing preconceptions of Hellenistic scholarship, this volume aims at providing fresh insights into Hellenistic literature and aesthetics.

Info autore

Richard Hunter is Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge, where he has taught since 1978, and a Fellow of Trinity College. He holds an honorary degree from the University of Thessaloniki, and is a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Athens and an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.

Antonios Rengakos ist Professor für Ältere Griechische Philosophie an der Aristoteles Universität Thessaloniki, Griechenland.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Antonios Rengakos (Editore), Richard Hunter (Editore), Evina Sistakou (Editore), Antonio Rengakos (Editore)
• Editore: De Gruyter
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 01.04.2014
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Antichità
• EAN: 9783110342895
• ISBN: 978-3-11-034289-5
• Numero di pagine: 379
• Illustrazioni: 10 ill.
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15.9 x 2.6 x 23.6 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 690 g
• Serie: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes > 25; Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes > 25; ISSN > 25