Hesiod's works and days : how to teach self-sufficiency / Lilah Grace Canevaro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Canevaro, Lilah Grace, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hesiod. Works and days.

Hesiod.

Works and days (Hesiod).

Greek literature--History and criticism.

Greek literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Hesiod's works and days

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

In English with selections in Ancient Greek and English translation.

Summary:

Hesiod's 'Works and Days' was often performed in its entirety, but was also relentlessly excerpted, quoted, and reapplied. This volume situates the poem within these two modes of reading and argues that the text itself, through Hesiod's complex mechanism of rendering elements detachable whilst tethering them to their context for the purposes of the poem, sustains both treatments.

Contents:

Two reading traditions: linear and excerpting

Two structuring strategies: detaching and tethering

Two ideals: self-sufficiency and didacticism

Didactic methods

Filling the gaps.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 28, 2015).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-179640-9

OCLC:

910605725