Politics of orality / edited by Craig Cooper.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cooper, Craig R. (Craig Richard), 1960-

Series:

Orality and literacy in ancient Greece ; v. 6.

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 280.

Orality and literacy in ancient Greece ; v. 6

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum, 0169-8958 ; 280

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek literature--History and criticism.

Greek literature.

Transmission of texts--Greece.

Transmission of texts.

Oral communication--Greece.

Oral communication.

Language and culture--Greece.

Language and culture.

Oral tradition--Greece.

Oral tradition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume represents the sixth in the series on Orality and Literacy in the Ancient Greek and Roman Worlds. The present work comprises a collection of essays that explore the tensions and controversies that arise as a society moves from an oral to literate culture. Part 1 deals with both Homeric and other forms of epic; part 2 explores different ways in which texts and writing were manipulated for political ends. Part 3 and 4 deals with the controversies surrounding the adoption of writing as the accepted mode of communication; whereas some segments of society began to privilege writing over oral communication, others continued to maintain that the latter was superior. Part 4 looks at the oral elements of Athenian Law.

Contents:

pt. I. Epic, orality and politics

pt. II. Political manipulation of texts

pt. III. The oral and written controversy : privileging literacy

pt. IV. The oral and written controversy : privileging orality

pt. V. Orality and written law.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-39671-0

9786611396718

90-474-0808-X

OCLC:

290586727

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004145405.i-380 DOI