The hidden chorus : echoes of genre in tragic lyric / L.A. Swift.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Swift, Laura, 1979-

Series:

Oxford classical monographs.

Oxford classical monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drama--Chorus (Greek drama).

Drama.

Greek drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.

Greek drama (Tragedy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 451 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is an investigation into the relationship between the chorus of Greek tragedy & other types of choral song in Greek society. L.A. Swift not only provides new insights into individual plays, but also enriches our understanding of the role poetry & song played in ancient Greek life.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Abbreviations, Texts used, and Other Conventions""; ""Introduction""; ""1. UNDERSTANDING LYRIC GENRES""; ""What is the purpose of defining lyric genres?""; ""Problems with lyric genres: a brief overview""; ""Platonic Forms or Wittgensteinian families: how to approach lyric genres""; ""Slippery names and genre inequality: choosing what counts as a genre""; ""Dithyrambos: a special case""; ""How to think about genres in tragedy""; ""2. LYRIC POETRY IN AN ATHENIAN CONTEXT""; ""Exposure to choruses""; ""Lyric poetry in Athens""; ""Attitudes to elite material in Athens""

""Tragedy and democracy""""3. PAIAN""; ""The genre""; ""Paian in tragedy""; ""Oedipus Tyrannus""; ""Ion""; ""4. EPINIKION""; ""The genre""; ""Epinikion and Athens""; ""Epinikion in tragedy""; ""Heracles""; ""Euripides� Electra""; ""5. PARTHENEIA""; ""The genre""; ""Athenian partheneia""; ""Partheneia in tragedy""; ""Iphigeneia among the Taurians""; ""Helen""; ""6. HYMENAIOS""; ""The genre""; ""Hymenaios and partheneia""; ""Hymenaios in tragedy""; ""The mixed chorus""; ""Hippolytus""; ""Aeschylus� Suppliant Women""; ""7. THRENOS AND RITUAL LAMENT""; ""The genre""

""Conventions of lamentation""""Funeral legislation""; ""Lament in tragedy""; ""Persians""; ""Sophocles� Electra""; ""Alcestis""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""Techniques of generic interaction""; ""Functions of generic interaction""; ""What can we learn from generic interaction?""; ""Appendix: References to genres and related imagery in tragedy""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index Locorum""; ""General Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [411]-437) and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

0-19-161040-2

1-282-69832-X

9786612698323

0-19-157364-7

OCLC:

922970038