Pindar's Homer The Lyric Possession of an Epic Past |
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Author:
| Nagy, Gregory |
Series title: | Softshell Bks. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8018-4847-6 |
Publication Date: | Mar 1994 |
Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $86.99 |
Book Description:
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Nagy challenges the widely held view that the development of lyric poetry in Greece represents the rise of individual innovation over collective tradition. Arguing that Greek lyric represents a tradition in its own right, Nagy shows how the form of Greek epic is in fact a differentiation of forms found in Greek lyric. Throughout, he progressively ......
Nagy challenges the widely held view that the development of lyric poetry in Greece represents the rise of individual innovation over collective tradition. Arguing that Greek lyric represents a tradition in its own right, Nagy shows how the form of Greek epic is in fact a differentiation of forms found in Greek lyric. Throughout, he progressively ......