Pindar and the Emergence of Literature

ISBN-13: 9781107539099 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 383 str.

Boris Maslov

Opis

For much of Western history, Pindar's work was recognized as the pinnacle of lyric poetry. This book presents an introduction to different aspects of Pindar's art, while demonstrating its importance for the coming into being of literature as it has been conceived of in the West.

Spis treści

Introduction: archaeologies of literature; 1. Authors, forms, and the creation of a literary culture; 2. Image, metaphor, concept: the semantics of poetic language; 3. Speech acts, social personas, and poetic veridiction; 4. Genre hybridity and the literary artefact; Epilogue: poetry and immortality.