Mythologizing performance /

Martin, Richard P.,

Mythologizing performance / Richard P. Martin. - Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2020. - xii, 519 σ. ; 23 εκ. - Myth and poetics II . - Myth and poetics .

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Epic as genre -- Similes and performance -- Formulas and speeches : the usefulness of Parry's method -- Wrapping Homer up : cohesion, discourse, and deviation in the Iliad -- Apollo's cithara and Poseidon's crash-test : ritual and contest in the evolution of Greek aesthetics -- The senses of an ending : myth, ritual, and poetic exodia in performance -- Synchronic aspects of Homeric performance : the evidence of the Hymn to Apollo -- Rhapsodizing Orpheus -- Golden verses : voice and authority in the tablets -- Hesiod and the didactic double -- Hesiod's metanastic poetics -- Hesiod, Odysseus, and the instruction of princes -- Pulp epic : the catalogue and the shield -- Keens from the absent chorus : Troy to Ulster -- Telemachus and the last hero song -- Until it ends : varieties of Iliadic anticipation -- Distant landmarks : Homer and Hesiod.

"Building on numerous original close readings of works by Homer, Hesiod, and other ancient Greek poets, Richard P. Martin articulates a broad and precise poetics of archaic Greek verse. The ancient Greek hexameter poetry of such works as the Iliad and the Odyssey differ from most modern verbal art because it was composed for live, face-to-face performance, often in a competitive setting, before an audience well versed in mythological and ritual lore. The essays collected here span Martin's acclaimed career and explore ways of reading this poetic heritage using principles and evidence from the comparative study of oral traditions, literary and speech-act theories, and the ethnographic record"--

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Ελληνική ποίηση, Αρχαία--Ιστορία και κριτική
Προφορική παράδοση--Ελλάδα, Αρχαία
Λογοτεχνία και ανθρωπολογία--Ελλάδα, Αρχαία.

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