The Idea of Iambos

The Idea of Iambos
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 408
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ISBN-10 : 9780191608711
ISBN-13 : 0191608718
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Book Synopsis The Idea of Iambos by : Andrea Rotstein

Download or read book The Idea of Iambos written by Andrea Rotstein and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-12-17 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Idea of Iambos is a long overdue study of the genre of Greek iambic poetry from the perspective provided by ancient testimonies. Andrea Rotstein places research on iambos in the framework of a new methodological approach to ancient genres based on the cognitive sciences, offering an unprecedented study of ancient theories of genres and the way they affected ancient scholarship. Rotstein also examines the possibility of musical performance of iambic poetry as well as the various occasions of public performance, particularly at musical contests and rhapsodic recitals. Finally, she argues that, from the Archaic to the Classical period, there was a shift from the notion of literary class depending primarily on rhythm and on its archetypical representative, Archilochus, towards iambos as a genre defined mainly by invective as its dominant feature.


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