The Invention of Literature: From Greek Intoxication to the Latin Book

Dupont, Professor Florence

ISBN 10: 080185864X / ISBN 13: 9780801858642

Editore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999

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Riassunto:

Examines the question of whether the culture of antiquity has been distorted in being represented as the "cradle of the arts and literature." Each chapter provides an in-depth analysis of a particular text that is essential in understanding the relationship between orality and writing-reading in the ancient world, combining philological analysis, pragmatics in the linguistic sense, and cultural anthropology. The author is a professor the UnfversftT de Nancy II. Originally published as L'invention de la littTrature: de l'ivresse grecque au livre latin , La DTcouverte, 1994. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Descrizione del libro:

Understanding a lyric or an epic as it was understood in its time requires a radical reconsideration of what reading is--and what it means.

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Titolo: The Invention of Literature: From Greek ...
Casa editrice: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 1999
Legatura: Rilegato
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