Performance and Gender in Ancient Greece : Nondramatic Poetry in Its Setting /

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"Like love, Greek poetry was not for hereafter," writes Eva Stehle, "but shared in the present mirth and laughter of festival, ceremony, and party." Describing how men and women, young and adult, sang or recited in public settings, Stehle treats poetry as an occasion for the perf...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stehle, Eva, 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Griego Antiguo
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton Unviversity Press, [1997]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sappho.
Sappho > Friends and associates.
Women in the performing arts.
Women and literature.
Sex role.
Oral tradition.
Oral interpretation of poetry.
Manners and customs.
Greek poetry.
Friendship.
Bards and bardism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > History & Criticism.
Rôle selon le sexe > Grece.
Tradition orale > Grece.
Femmes et litterature > Grece.
Femmes dans les arts du spectacle > Grece.
Poesie grecque > Histoire et critique.
Sex role > Greece.
Oral tradition > Greece.
Women and literature > Greece.
Bards and bardism > History > To 1500.
Women in the performing arts > Greece.
Oral interpretation of poetry > History > To 1500.
Greek poetry > History and criticism.
Greece.
Grece > Moeurs et coutumes.
Greece > Social life and customs.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER ONE. Community Poetry
  • CHAPTER TWO. Women in Performance in the Community
  • CHAPTER THREE. Male Performers in the Community
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Bardic Poetry
  • CHAPTER FIVE. The Symposium
  • CHAPTER SIX. Sappho's Circle
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Chronology of Primary Sources
  • Transliterated Terms
  • Bibliography
  • Index Locorum
  • General Index

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