| Lyric Texts and Lyric Consciousness: The Birth of a Genre from Archaic Greece to Augustan Rome Contributor(s): Miller, Paul Allen (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138006769 ISBN-13: 9781138006768 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $63.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: 884.010 |
| Physical Information: 248 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Lyric Texts and Lyric Consciousness presents a model for studying the history of lyric as a genre. Prof Miller draws a distinction between the work of the Greek lyrists and the more condensed, personal poetry that we associate with lyric. He then confronts the theoretical issues and presents a sophisticated, Bakhtinian reading of the development of the lyric form from its origins in archaic Greece to the more individualist style of Augustan Rome. This book will appeal to classicists and, since English translations of passages from the ancient authors are provided, to those who specialise in comparative literature. |