| Phrasikleia Contributor(s): Svenbro, Jesper (Author), Lloyd, Janet (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0801497523 ISBN-13: 9780801497520 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading - History | Ancient - Greece - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 028.909 |
| LCCN: 92052773 |
| Series: Anthropology of Contemporary Issues (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.06" W x 9.01" (0.80 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First published in French in 1988, this extraordinary book traces the meaning and function of reading from its very beginnings in Greek oral culture through the development of silent reading. One of the most haunting early examples of Greek alphabetical writing appears on the life-sized Archaic funerary statue of a young girl. The inscription speaks for Phrasikleia, who shall always be called maiden, for she has received this name from the gods instead of marriage. |