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Written Voices, Spoken Signs : Tradition, Performance, and the Epic Text /

Written Voices, Spoken Signs is a stimulating introduction to new perspectives on Homer and other traditional epics. Taking advantage of recent research on language and social exchange, the nine essays in this volume focus on performance and audience reception of oral poetry. These innovative essays...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: BAKKER, Egbert J. (Editor ), Kahane, Ahuvia (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Colección:Center for Hellenic Studies Colloquia ; 1
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Foreword
  • Contents
  • Introduction / Bakker, Egbert / Kahane, Ahuvia
  • 1. Storytelling in the Future: Truth, Time, and Tense in Homeric Epic / Bakker, Egbert
  • 2. Writing the Emperor's Clothes On: Literacy and the Production of Facts / Bäuml, Franz H.
  • 3. Traditional Signs and Homeric Art / Foley, John Miles
  • 4. The Inland Ship: Problems in the Performance and Reception of Homeric Epic / Ford, Andrew
  • 5. Hexameter Progression and the Homeric Hero's Solitary State / Kahane, Ahuvia
  • 6. Similes and Performance / Martin, Richard P.
  • 7. Ellipsis in Homer / Nagy, Gregory
  • 8. Types of Orality in Text / Oesterreicher, Wulf
  • 9. The Medial Approach: A Paradigm Shift in the Philologies? / Schaefer, Ursula
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index