Dialect, diction, and style in Greek literary and inscribed epigram / edited by Evina Sistakou and Antonios Rengakos.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sistakou, Evina, editor.

Rengakos, Antonios, editor.

Bernard W. Freeman Book Fund.

Series:

Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ; 1868-4785 Volume 43.

Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes, 1868-4785 ; Volume 43

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epigrams, Greek--History and criticism--Congresses.

Epigrams, Greek.

Dialect poetry, Greek (Modern)--History and criticism--Congresses.

Dialect poetry, Greek (Modern).

Greek language--Diction--Congresses.

Greek language.

Greek language--Style--Congresses.

Greek language--Diction.

Greek language--Style.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

IX, 425 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2016]

Summary:

Language and style of epigram is a topic scarcely discussed in the related bibliography. This edition aspires to fill the gap by offering an in-depth study of dialect, diction, and style in Greek literary and inscribed epigram in a collection of twenty-one contributions authored by international scholars. The authors explore the epigrammatic Kunstsprache and matters of dialectical variation, the interchange between poetic and colloquial vocabulary, the employment of hapax legomena, the formalistic uses of the epigrammatic discourse (meter, syntactical patterns, arrangement of words, riddles), the various categories of style in sepulchral, philosophical and pastoral contexts of literary epigrams, and the idiosyncratic diction of inscriptions. This is a book intended for classicists who want to review the connection between the stylistic features of epigram and its interpretation, as well as for scholars keen to understand how rhetoric and linguistics can be used as a heuristic tool for the study of literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Bernard W. Freeman Book Fund.

ISBN:

9783110496499

3110496496

OCLC:

951453023

Publisher Number:

99969454090