From Homer to Menander : Forces in Greek Poetic Fiction / L.A. Post.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Post, L.A., Author.

Series:

Sather Classical Lectures

Sather Classical Lectures ; 23

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2020

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1951.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

I. The Pattern of Success: Homer's Odyssey

II. The Tragic Pattern of the Iliad

III. The Social Consciousness of Aeschylus

IV. Sophoclean Tragedy

V. Euripidean Tragedy

VI. Propaganda, Idealism, and Romance

VII. Vacillation, Burlesque, and Variety

VIII. The Comedy of Menander

IX. Aristotle and the Philosophy of Fiction

Notes

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-520-31966-4

OCLC:

1427664064