The Epic Rhapsode and His Craft: Homeric Performance in a Diachronic Perspective: 47 (Hellenic Studies Series) - Tapa blanda

González, José M.

 
9780674055896: The Epic Rhapsode and His Craft: Homeric Performance in a Diachronic Perspective: 47 (Hellenic Studies Series)
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ISBN 10: 0674055896 ISBN 13: 9780674055896
Editorial: Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies, 2014

Sinopsis

The Epic Rhapsode and His Craft studies Homeric performance from archaic to Roman imperial times. It argues that oracular utterance, dramatic acting, and rhetorical delivery powerfully elucidate the practice of epic rhapsodes. Attention to the ways in which these performance domains informed each other over time reveals a shifting dynamic of competition and emulation among rhapsodes, actors, and orators that shaped their texts and their crafts. A diachronic analysis of this web of influences illuminates fundamental aspects of Homeric poetry: its inspiration and composition, the notional fixity of its poetic tradition, and the performance-driven textual fixation and writing of the Homeric poems. It also shows that rhapsodic practice is best understood as an evolving combination of revelation, interpretation, recitation, and dramatic delivery.

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José M. González is Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at Duke University.

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Editorial
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Año de publicación
2014
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Inglés
ISBN 10 
0674055896
ISBN 13 
9780674055896
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Número de páginas
834
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