Reciprocity and Ritual: Homer and Tragedy in the Developing City-State (Clarendon Paperbacks) - Brossura

Seaford, Richard

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ISBN 10: 0198150369 ISBN 13: 9780198150367

Casa editrice: Oxford University Press, USA, 1995

Riassunto

This is an exciting and entirely new synthesis, combining anthropology, political and social history, and a close reading of central Greek texts, to account for two of the most significant hallmarks in Homeric epic and Athenian tragedy: the representation of ritual, and codes of reciprocity. Both genres are pervaded by these features, yet each treats them in entirely different ways. In this book, Seaford shows that these differences cannot be accounted for in merely literary terms, but require a historical explanation. Challenging, thoroughly lucid, and at times controversial, this lively and original work is the first to attempt to understand the development of early Greek literature from the perspective of state-formation. It should interest all those concerned with the literature and history of classical Greece.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Formerly at the National Humanities Center, North Carolina. he is the author of Euripides: Cyclops (pb edition with commentary and introduction, 1988, OUP).

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Oxford University Press, USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0198150369
• ISBN 13: 9780198150367
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 476
• Contatto del produttore: Messaggerie Libri; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8.; Assago Milano; 20090; Italia