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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
A P David |
ISBN: | 019929240X 9780199292400 |
OCLC Number: | 610113574 |
Language Note: | Teilw. in griech. Schr. |
Notes: | Choreia and the musical text -- The voice of the dancer : a new theory of the Greek accent -- The form of the hexameter : the origins of caesura and diaeresis -- The choral signifier : the shaping of Homeric speech -- Retrogression, episode and anagogy : the round dance and narrative form -- The genesis of Homeric poetry (a brief synthesis) : the Intemporizing cataloguer -- The lyric orchestra. |
Description: | VIII, 284 Seiten |
Contents: | 1. Introduction: the right comparison ; 2. Choreia and the musical text ; 3. The voice of the dancer: a new theory of the Greek accent ; 4. The form of the hexameter: the origins of caesura and diaeresis ; 5. The 'choral signifier': the shaping of Homeric speech ; 6. Retrogression, episode, and anagogy: the round dance and narrative form ; 7. The genesis of Homeric poetry (a brief synthesis): the 'intemporizing' cataloguer ; 8. The lyric orchestra |
Responsibility: | A.P. David. |
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...David often asks important questions that the scholarly discourse tends to avoid, and soemtimes proposes fascinating answers... * Stefan Hagel, GNOMON * develops a new approach to the interpretation of ancient Greek poetry * Massimo Giuseppetti, The Classical Review * Read more...
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