The Many-Headed Muse

Tradition and Innovation in Late Classical Greek Lyric Poetry

Nonfiction, History, Ancient History, Fiction & Literature, Poetry, Literary Theory & Criticism
Cover of the book The Many-Headed Muse by Pauline A. LeVen, Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Pauline A. LeVen ISBN: 9781107702608
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: January 16, 2014
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Pauline A. LeVen
ISBN: 9781107702608
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: January 16, 2014
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

This is the first monograph entirely devoted to the corpus of late classical Greek lyric poetry. Not only have the dithyrambs and kitharodic nomes of the New Musicians Timotheus and Philoxenus, the hymns of Aristotle and Ariphron, and the epigraphic paeans of Philodamus of Scarpheia and Isyllus of Epidaurus never been studied together, they have also remained hidden behind a series of critical prejudices – political, literary and aesthetic. Professor LeVen's book provides readings of these little-known poems and combines engagement with the style, narrative technique, poetics and reception of the texts with attention to the socio-cultural forces that shaped them. In examining the protean notions of tradition and innovation, the book contributes to the current re-evaluation of the landscape of Greek poetry and performance in the late classical period and bridges a gap in our understanding of Greek literary history between the early classical and the Hellenistic periods.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This is the first monograph entirely devoted to the corpus of late classical Greek lyric poetry. Not only have the dithyrambs and kitharodic nomes of the New Musicians Timotheus and Philoxenus, the hymns of Aristotle and Ariphron, and the epigraphic paeans of Philodamus of Scarpheia and Isyllus of Epidaurus never been studied together, they have also remained hidden behind a series of critical prejudices – political, literary and aesthetic. Professor LeVen's book provides readings of these little-known poems and combines engagement with the style, narrative technique, poetics and reception of the texts with attention to the socio-cultural forces that shaped them. In examining the protean notions of tradition and innovation, the book contributes to the current re-evaluation of the landscape of Greek poetry and performance in the late classical period and bridges a gap in our understanding of Greek literary history between the early classical and the Hellenistic periods.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book The Evolution of International Security Studies by Pauline A. LeVen
Cover of the book Punishing Atrocities through a Fair Trial by Pauline A. LeVen
Cover of the book Assessing the World Trade Organization by Pauline A. LeVen
Cover of the book The Politics of Opera in Handel's Britain by Pauline A. LeVen
Cover of the book The Design Inference by Pauline A. LeVen
Cover of the book Gentlemanly Terrorists by Pauline A. LeVen
Cover of the book The Cambridge Companion to the English Short Story by Pauline A. LeVen
Cover of the book The Impact of Idealism: Volume 1, Philosophy and Natural Sciences by Pauline A. LeVen
Cover of the book Microbial Biotechnology by Pauline A. LeVen
Cover of the book Spinoza's Geometry of Power by Pauline A. LeVen
Cover of the book Pope Benedict XVI's Legal Thought by Pauline A. LeVen
Cover of the book Handbook of Color Psychology by Pauline A. LeVen
Cover of the book Modernism and the Machinery of Madness by Pauline A. LeVen
Cover of the book The Newborn Brain by Pauline A. LeVen
Cover of the book The Future of International Economic Integration by Pauline A. LeVen
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy