Gregory Nagy

Broschiertes Buch

Pindar's Homer

The Lyric Possession of an Epic Past

Beschreibung

Nagy challenges the widely held view that the development of lyric poetry in Greece represents the rise of individual innovation over collective tradition. Arguing that Greek lyric represents a tradition in its own right, Nagy shows how the form of Greek epic is in fact a differentiation of forms found in Greek lyric. (Criticism)

Autor

Gregory Nagy is Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University. His books include Pindar's Homer: The Lyric Possession of an Epic Past, also available from Johns Hopkins.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Seitenzahl: 540
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 867g
• ISBN-13: 9780801848476
• ISBN-10: 0801848474
• Artikelnr.: 22140243