Greek Criticism
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The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
by Tim Whitmarsh  Publisher Comments The Greek and Roman novels of Petronius, Apuleius, Longus, Heliodorus and others have been cherished for millennia, but never more so than now. The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel contains nineteen original essays by an international...
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City as Comedy: Society and Representation in Athenian Drama
by Gregory Dobrov Publisher Comments These thirteen essays combine classical scholars' interest in theatrical production with a growing interdisciplinary inquiry into the urban contexts of literary production. Taking as their departure point the annual comic competitions at the Athenian...
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Bollingen #41: Chapman's Homeric Hymns and Other Homerica
by Allardyce Nicoll Review Oft of one wide expanse had I been toldThat deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne;Yet did I never breathe its pure sereneTill I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold....
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Classical Closure: Reading the End in Greek and Latin Literature
by Deborah Roberts Publisher Comments The study of closure has played a significant part in contemporary literary criticism and is implicated in many of its concerns, from psychological aspects of the search for an end in narrative to the order imposed upon a text by politics or culture...
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The Hellenistic Aesthetic (Wisconsin Studies in Classics)
by Barbara Hugh Fowler Publisher Comments This book is primarily about the poetry of the Hellenistic period. Then it is about certain of the visual arts: sculpture, painting, mosaics, and jewelry. I have not discussed philosophical of rhetorical schools, nor have I dealt with drama. I have not...
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The First Poets: Lives of the Ancient Greek Poets
by Michael Schmidt Publisher Comments When Michael Schmidt's last book, Lives of the Poets, was published, Mark Strand called it "a tour de force, an astonishing view of the whole of poetry in English, a superb read." Now Schmidt brings the same erudition, insight, and élan to The...
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The First Poets: Lives of the Ancient Greek Poets
by Michael Schmidt Publisher Comments A dazzling literary exploration by acclaimed poet and critic Michael Schmidt," The First Poets "brings to life for the general reader the great Greek poets who gave our poetic tradition its first bearings and whose works have had an enduring influence on...
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A Guide to Hellenistic Literature (Blackwell Guides to Classical Literature)
by Kathryn Gutzwiller Publisher Comments This book is a guide to the extraordinarily diverse literature of the Hellenistic period....
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Ancient Literary Criticism
by Andrew Laird Publisher Comments The volume makes widely available some important scholarship on the canonical texts of ancient rhetoric and poetics. While there are numerous studies of general trends in classical criticism, this collection offers direct discussions of primary sources...
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Reading Greek Tragedy
by Simon Goldhill Publisher Comments An advanced critical introduction to Greek tragedy for those who do not read Greek. Combines the best contemporary scholarly analysis of the classics with a wide knowledge of contemporary literary studies in discussing the masterpieces of Athenian drama....
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Short Introduction To Ancient Greek Thea Rev Edition
by Graham Ley Publisher Comments Contemporary productions on stage and film, and the development of theater studies, continue to draw new audiences to ancient Greek drama. With observations on all aspects of performance, this volume fills their need for a clear, concise account of what...
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Dio Chrysostom: Politics, Letters, and Philosophy
by Simon Swain Publisher Comments Dio Chrysostom is a major representative of the flourishing world of the Greeks under Rome. He offers an impressive range of high-quality writing, social comment, and appraisal of Rome's Empire at its height. This volume presents eleven new assessments...
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Somewhere I Have Never Travelled: The Hero's Journey
by Thomas Van Nortwick Publisher Comments Exploring the hero's journey as a metaphor for spiritual evolution in The Epic of Gilgamesh, Homer's Iliad, and Virgil's Aeneid, and focusing in particular on the relationship of the hero to one or more "second selves," or alter egos, Van Nortwick...
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The Greeks and the Irrational
by E R Dodds Synopsis A scholarly study of the developing interpretations of religious experience in ancient Greek culture....
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The Homeric Hymns
by Susan C. Shelmerdine Publisher Comments English translation. This is a collection of the standard texts of ancient Greek which are important components of what we know about Greek myth, religion, language and culture. All of the works collectively known as the Homeric Hymns are collected and...
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The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Theatre the Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Theatre (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
by Marianne Mcdonald Publisher Comments A collection of essays on theatre performance in the classical Greek and Roman world....
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The Soul of Tragedy: Essays on Athenian Drama
by Victoria Pedrick Publisher Comments The Soul of Tragedy brings together top scholars to offer a wide range of perspectives on Greek tragedy. The collection pays homage to this ancient, enduring theatrical and literary genre by offering a deep exploration into the oldest form of dramatic...
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The Novel in Antiquity
by Tomas Hagg Publisher Comments Tracing the development of Greek romances from 200 B.C. through twelfth-century Byzantium, Tomas Hagg analyses the content, plot and narrative techniques of the ancient novel, and explores the social and literary milieu in which the genre flourished....
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Woman & the Lyre Women Writers in Classi
by Jane Snyder Publisher Comments "Faint though the voices of the women of Greek and Roman antiquity may be in some cases, their sound, if we listen carefully enough, can fill many of the gaps and silences of women’s past."—from the Conclusion Beginning with Sappho in the...
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Performance and Gender in Ancient Greece: Nondramatic Poetry in Its Setting
by Eva Stehle Publisher Comments "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...
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