Tradition and innovation in Hellenistic poetry / Marco Fantuzzi and Richard Hunter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fantuzzi, Marco, author.

Hunter, R. L. (Richard L.), author.

Standardized Title:

Muse e modelli. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek poetry, Hellenistic--History and criticism.

Greek poetry, Hellenistic.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)--History--To 1500.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)--History--To 1500.

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 511 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Tradition & Innovation in Hellenistic Poetry

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hellenistic poets of the third and second centuries BC were concerned with the need both to mark their continuity with the classical past and to demonstrate their independence from it. In this revised and expanded translation of Muse e modelli: la poesia ellenistica da Alessandro Magno ad Augusto, Greek poetry of the third and second centuries BC and its reception and influence at Rome are explored allowing both sides of this literary practice to be appreciated. Genres as diverse as epic and epigram are considered from a historical perspective, in the full range of their deep-level structures, providing a different perspective on the poetry and its influence at Rome. Some of the most famous poetry of the age such as Callimachus' Aitia and Apollonius' Argonautica is examined. In addition, full attention is paid to the poetry of encomium, in particular the newly published epigrams of Posidippus, and Hellenistic poetics, notably Philodemus.

Contents:

Performance and genre

The aetiology of Callimachus's Aitia

The Argonautica of Apollonius and epic tradition

Theocritus and the bucolic genre

Epic in a minor key

The style of Hellenistic epic

The epigram

The languages of praise

Hellenistic drama

Roman epilogue.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 486-499) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-13954-6

1-280-41566-5

0-511-17066-1

0-511-20662-3

0-511-08059-X

0-511-29781-5

0-511-48215-9

0-511-07983-4

OCLC:

437146073