The Epic Rhapsode and His Craft: Homeric Performance in a Diachronic Perspective - Brossura

Gonzalez, Jose M.

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ISBN 10: 0674055896 ISBN 13: 9780674055896

Casa editrice: Harvard Univ Center for Hellenic, 2015

Riassunto

The Epic Rhapsode and His Craft studies Homeric performance from archaic to Roman imperial times. It argues that oracular utterance, dramatic acting, and rhetorical delivery powerfully elucidate the practice of epic rhapsodes. Attention to the ways in which these performance domains informed each other over time reveals a shifting dynamic of competition and emulation among rhapsodes, actors, and orators that shaped their texts and their crafts. A diachronic analysis of this web of influences illuminates fundamental aspects of Homeric poetry: its inspiration and composition, the notional fixity of its poetic tradition, and the performance-driven textual fixation and writing of the Homeric poems. It also shows that rhapsodic practice is best understood as an evolving combination of revelation, interpretation, recitation, and dramatic delivery.

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L'autore:

Jose Gonzalez is Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at Duke University.

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Homeric Performance in a Diachronic Perspective

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Harvard Univ Center for Hellenic
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0674055896
• ISBN 13: 9780674055896
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 821