The Pindaric Mind: A Study of Logical Structure in Early Greek Poetry: 85 - Brossura

Hubbard, Thomas K.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 9004073035 ISBN 13: 9789004073036

Casa editrice: BRILL Deutschland GmbH, 1985

Riassunto

In contrast with previous methodologies which seek ''key ideas'' or functional ''programs,'' this book argues that the unique complexity of Pindar's choral lyric can be better understood by analysis of each text's logical configuration as a network of interacting polarities and analogies.
Against the backdrop of pre-Socratic philosophy and later rhetorical radition, the book systematically examines the primary polar relations which are prominent in Pindar's work, illustrating their development and transformation through the course of individual odes. The author concludes that Pindar expands traditional ethical dichotomies into dynamic tensions which play on the semantic fluidity of Greek poetic language in its formative period.
This work attempts to apply ''structuralist'' hermeneutics in an appropriate way to the elucidation of an often difficult and obscure archaic poet. Accordingly, it should be of interest not only to the Pindaric specialist, but also to students of literary theory and the history of ideas in antiquity.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: BRILL Deutschland GmbH
• Data di pubblicazione: 1985
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 9004073035
• ISBN 13: 9789004073036
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 184
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile